Richard: I just posted a more detailed description of the problem and it appears to affect other plugins too. I think I’ll try taking all of the plugins out of the plugins folder and trying just Devolution.
By the way Hermann said I should erase the livecode cache. I don’t know where that is, unless he was talking about the browser cache. Best, Bill > On Feb 8, 2019, at 2:25 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > William Prothero write: > > > Richard: > > Hi, I am having a problem getting Devolution to save new projects in > > the project browser. I enter a new project, it shows up and opens > > normally, but if I quit Livecode, it doesn’t save the most recent > > project I entered, although previously entered projects continue to be > > listed. I haven’t tried to add new projects for awhile, so don’t know > > if it the last Devo or OS upgrade broke something, or I’m doing > > something wrong. > > > > I am on Mac OS 10.14.2, LC 9.0.2. But, I tried LC 8.2.0 (dp2) and Devo > > behaves the same way. In the folder “../Plugins/FourthWorld.com/“ > > folder, the 4wDevolutionPrefs.pref <http://fourthworld.com > > /4wDevolutionPrefs.pref>” file has an empty file "4wDevolutionPrefs~”, > > so it tried setting up the file, but couldn’t replace the existing > > file. I changed the permissions of the prefs file to read/write for me > > and everybody, but still same problem. > > > > What should I try next? > > Just to be safe, run the disk scan and permissions repair tools in Apple's > Disk Utilities. > > The presence of the "~" shows the devolution plugin is attempting to save its > prefs info as expected, but being an empty file suggests something is > preventing the write from happening in the middle of the operation. > > It may also be that another plugin is intercepting the save or otherwise > interfering with normal operation. If Disk Utility shows no issues with the > storage media or format then you may consider a test run in which you first > remove any third-party plugins which may interfere with other stacks' > activity. > > Let me know what you find, either here or email or a phone call, whichever is > best for you. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
