Hi davidfor ... thank you for providing potential solutions for this.
With Calibre turned off, the following was the content of that section of the file "gui.json":
Code:
"quality check plugin:search epub dialog:search_opts": {
"ignore_case": false,
"previous_finds": [
"$$0",
"$$9",
"$$8",
"$$3$$1$$2$$4$$5$$6$$7",
"$$3$$1$$2$$4$$5$$6",
"$$3$$1$$2$$4$$5",
"$$3$$1$$2$$4",
"$$3$$1$$2",
"$$3$$1",
"$$3"
],
"scope_css": false,
"scope_html": false,
"scope_ncx": false,
"scope_opf": false,
"scope_plaintext": true,
"scope_zip": false,
"show_all_matches": true
},
I replaced it with the following:
Code:
"quality check plugin:search epub dialog:search_opts": {
"ignore_case": false,
"previous_finds": [
"test"
],
"scope_css": false,
"scope_html": false,
"scope_ncx": false,
"scope_opf": false,
"scope_plaintext": true,
"scope_zip": false,
"show_all_matches": true
}
Unfortunately when I started up Calibre and tried Search ePub, the problem was not resolved.
Tomorrow I'll try the approach of running Calibre in debug mode. I've never done that before so not quite sure what to look for. Calibre will run okay up to the point of clicking on Search ePub. When it freezes, I'm not sure where to look for a 'crash' report.
Thanks again.