The GitHub issue is 3355 <https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/issues/3355>.
On Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 10:40:25 AM UTC-4 Thomas Passin wrote: > The loss of clones is specific to *@auto-md* trees (although I have not > tested other *@auto-xx* trees): > > In an outline with both *@clean* and an *@auto-md* trees, when the > outline is closed and re-opened, the clone nodes of the *@clean* tree > remained but the clone nodes of the *@auto-md* tree were no longer clones. > > I don't know what the original intention was with respect to *@auto-md > *trees, > but this seems like a serious bug to me. I'll create an issue for it. > > On Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 10:10:34 AM UTC-4 Thomas Passin wrote: > >> I see where the problem is - or at least *a* problem - is, and it's >> serious. The problem I see is that when an outline with clones is >> re-opened, the clones are no longer clones. This did not happen when I >> created some clones in my Workbook, so there are some conditions yet to be >> determined. I'll experiment some more to try to pin it down. The outline >> which showed the problem had both an *@auto-md* and an *@clean* tree. >> I'll try outlines with them separately and report back. >> >> On Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 8:22:58 AM UTC-4 Thomas Passin wrote: >> >>> @Edward recently re-worked some of the importers. If you can use the >>> current version of the devel branch (in GitHub) it would be worth trying. >>> Can you share a tree that suffers from the problem? Or a minimal version >>> that does? >>> >>> On Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 5:12:30 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> Sorry, it's Leo 6.6.4 on Arch Linux. >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 8:17:44 PM UTC+2 [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> I tried out what you wrote and didn't get an error with an *@auto-md* >>>>> file. It is only a tiny, simple file so maybe it's not enough of a test. >>>>> >>>>> Here is what I did: >>>>> >>>>> 1. Created an @auto-md file with the following structure: >>>>> >>>>> @clean c:\temp\leo\md-test-at-auto-md.md >>>>> Markdown Test Tree >>>>> A1 >>>>> A1.1 >>>>> A1.1.1 >>>>> A2 >>>>> >>>>> 2. I added a line *@others *to the top of the body of the top node. >>>>> I wrote a line or two for most of the nodes. Then I saved the outline. >>>>> 3. I added a new top-level node outside the *@auto-md* node. I >>>>> cloned node *A1* into it. >>>>> 4. In the cloned *A1.1* node, I added a new line. >>>>> 5. I observed in an external editor that the *@auto-md* file had the >>>>> intended change. >>>>> 6. I closed and reopened the outline. >>>>> 7. I did not see any corruption in the outline. >>>>> >>>>> Could you write more detail about the *@auto-md* file that ended up >>>>> with a corrupted outline, and whether you use an *@others* line in >>>>> it? And is this the only such file that caused a problem? And also the >>>>> version of Leo and the OS (though it doesn't seem likely that the OS is >>>>> playing a part). >>>>> On Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 1:58:13 PM UTC-4 Thomas Passin wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Maybe @clean or even @file would work for you (not that I've tried >>>>>> them with clones, which I'll try out soon) instead of @auto-md. I don't >>>>>> think that @auto-md really gets you anything that they don't, although >>>>>> you >>>>>> will need to put *@language md* at the start of the body of the top >>>>>> node. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 12:51:48 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> An example: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> @auto-md file1.md >>>>>>> clone-node_1 >>>>>>> clone-node_2 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> @auto-md file2.md >>>>>>> clone-node_1 >>>>>>> clone-node_2 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Changes in a clone causes (don't know exactly when, probably when >>>>>>> reading the LEO file) that the tree hierarchy is partially destroyed. >>>>>>> The >>>>>>> content remains, but ends up in a node that didn't exist before and >>>>>>> whose >>>>>>> heading consists of parts of the content. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I think this could be prevented if @auto-md would only write. Do I >>>>>>> see that right? And can I force this somehow? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Best regards >>>>>>> Paul >>>>>> >>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/96a733f2-a3e7-4321-9390-4d9e12b314c6n%40googlegroups.com.
