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Originally Posted by KevinH
Hi,
Again, please provide a repeatable set of steps and a sample file, and I would be happy to look into this and try to fix it if it is really eating text. And I agree ... No matter how poor the tags are, text node information should never be lost. So if it is losing text, I too consider that a bug.
That said, I have never lost any text using Sigil. So I need some help tracking down where and how this is happening. That is why I need a sample file and sequence of steps to find the true cause of your issue.
I do agree that sometimes Sigil description of where to look for the issue leaves a lot to be desired. Finding and fixing single missing tags could be done in a plugin if we find out the issue is in Tidy someplace.
So if you can recreate any of your "eating text" bugs repeatable I would be happy to try and fix it.
KevinH
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It's a stealth bug. It's never done it right in front of me. Like that test file. I did everything I could think of and the file remained pristine. Went back to work on another file, finished it, went back and checked the test file, and found the last half deleted.
I'm following everyone's suggestions: staying away from book view, using preview (I didn't even know it was there,) not saving until I've checked that everything is error free, etc. But I'm still saving a copy of each file, because each requires considerable work that I don't want to have to repeat if it disappears.
I have a fallback position. When I gave up on 7.4 I was working on a big book that I had been working on for months. I took a time out and wrote a program using the MS Net framework just to finish that book. I'm 89% through the final proofread. When I get it done, I'll go back and make the program more general purpose so I can make new books with it. It doesn't eat files, there's no error-checking, but syntax highlighting and spell-checking are irritatingly sloooow.