Thread: Doesn't save changes
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Old 08-18-2014, 04:13 PM   #35
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Here's a different "doesn't save changes" example that, IMO, is a rather serious bug.

For whatever reason, calibre doesn't like to save the first book I edit in a session. Calibre spins its wheels for several seconds, then says there's some problem overwriting the original file, so the save fails. If I ask Windows, it reports that the book is locked by a calibre process. While that's annoying, it's not the bug in question.

Normally, when a book saves, it does so instantly. OTOH, if I try to close calibre while it's saving, it (quite properly) pops up a box saying, in effect, "Hey, I'm saving here! Want me to close when I'm done instead of right now?" That sounds like a good idea, so I sometimes forget and say yes.

The problem is, if there's a problem saving the book, calibre still closes - with no error message, no hint that the save failed, and no way to recover the work.

Any chance that behavior could be modified? Perhaps even offer a config option to save with a modified filename if overwriting the original file fails? ("Hey, I couldn't overwrite book.epub, so I saved it as book-1.epub instead.")
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