On Friday, November 15, 2024 at 8:07:07 AM UTC-5 Edward K. Ream wrote:

On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 6:03 AM Thomas Passin <[email protected]> wrote:

> I was not able to reproduce this bug using yesterday's version of devel.

Issue #4181 <https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/issues/4181> now more 
clearly describes how to reproduce the bug. 


I read that issue before trying to repro the bug. I saw text that looked 
right under both the headings " **Completing the proof**" and  "**Discussion
**".  I suppose you did some additional action that wasn't written down in 
the steps in the Issue.
 

> You wrote that you encountered the bug in a private branch.

I was seriously confused at first. I wasn't very clear about the sequence 
of events.

The bug undoubtedly exists. It happens reliably (in devel) *if* one knows 
how to make it happen. 

I examined this bug for about 8 hours yesterday. I now know exactly *when *the 
bug happens, but I still do not understand *why *it happened or *exactly *why 
the PR makes it go away. To repeat: 

- This is one of the most mysterious bugs in Leo's history. 


I wonder if you checked out a version of devel, or an earlier release 
branch, from before you started changing the colorizer, whether you would 
be able to trigger the same behavior using the same steps, now that you 
know how.  I'm not going to try that myself because I can't reproduce the 
behavior.
 

- I have only conjectures about the bug's ultimate cause.
  See PR #4182 <https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/pull/4182> for my 
latest thoughts.

> After you do this merge, is this bug going to appear in devel? 

No. It should *disappear,* subject to the caveats above. 

Edward

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