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DiapDealer · 11-20-2019, 05:56 AM

A plugin can't crash Sigil. Not without some very devious and malicious intent, anyway. The simple answer is "don't close Sigil's Plugin Runner out from under a plugin that the Plugin Runner is running/monitoring."

We'll see if we can fix Sigil so it doesnt crash, but in the meantime, this is very much a "Doctor, it hurts whenever I do this" type of scenario.

And it's nothing to do with tkinter per se. It's the fact that there's simply no time to hit the x button on a plugin that does its work immediately (with no gui to select options). It's theoretically possible to crash Sigi! this way with any plugin out there (if one is quick enough on the mouse).

11-20-2019, 05:56 AM	#6
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,549 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	A plugin can't crash Sigil. Not without some very devious and malicious intent, anyway. The simple answer is "don't close Sigil's Plugin Runner out from under a plugin that the Plugin Runner is running/monitoring." We'll see if we can fix Sigil so it doesnt crash, but in the meantime, this is very much a "Doctor, it hurts whenever I do this" type of scenario. And it's nothing to do with tkinter per se. It's the fact that there's simply no time to hit the x button on a plugin that does its work immediately (with no gui to select options). It's theoretically possible to crash Sigi! this way with any plugin out there (if one is quick enough on the mouse). Last edited by DiapDealer; 11-20-2019 at 06:12 AM.