Sigil crash after ALT+SHIFT+2 - Page 2

KevinH · 07-10-2020, 06:15 PM

Actually this appears to be an already reported Qt bug that no one seems to be doing anything about since it as filed over a year ago.

https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-73994

KevinH · 07-10-2020, 06:20 PM

And other places report it is due to a conflict with a Logitech Keyboard Driver and Qt.

Perhaps try disabling any third party keyboard drivers and restarting to see if the problem is indeed related to third party drivers.

BetterRed · 07-10-2020, 08:01 PM

FWIW : I often run into this issue. I try to make Windows wide shortcuts WinKey sequences. But that's not possible with many baked in Windows shortcut sequences, e.g Ctrl+Esc pops the Start Menu. And many 3rd party utility programs don't allow the WinKey modifier, even tho' they are Windows only programs Ψ³

Lest there be any confusion, I don't want Sigil to allow WinKey sequences, indeed I hereby forbid it

BR

I have a circa 1980s memory of a universal short cut manager, would have been on Lisa, Star, Windows, or VisiON - the 'Expert Systems' (chuckle) lab had all four. I inherited the lab and a couple of its programmers (the good ones) when the ES group was disbanded.

theducks · 07-10-2020, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rashomon

Since nobody believe me, I made a video (sorry about bad quality, too tired to play with mobile):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjkPfLAg3rQ

This is what I've done:
1. I edit one ePub, for 10-15 minutes. Everything is fine, changing between language works fine (both ways: alt+shift and alt+shift+1...)

2. At one point, after changing language (with ALT+SHIFT+2), Sigil crashes

3. After that, every time I start Sigil, even without any ePub open, and I press ALT+SHIFT+2, it crashes. It does not crash when I change language with ALT+SHIFT

They can't chase and trap bugs, that won't 'bug out'

on them.
Knowing the trigger steps and then reporting those is only the first steps.
I was having a problem with Sigil Abending. It took over a year for someone to notice I was not working on a Single ( main book) content file. It was fixed as soon as they realized the trigger step that was missing (I work on chapter files)

07-10-2020, 06:15 PM	#16
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 7,643 Karma: 5433388 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Actually this appears to be an already reported Qt bug that no one seems to be doing anything about since it as filed over a year ago. https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-73994 Last edited by KevinH; 07-10-2020 at 08:25 PM.

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07-10-2020, 06:20 PM	#17
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 7,643 Karma: 5433388 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	And other places report it is due to a conflict with a Logitech Keyboard Driver and Qt. Perhaps try disabling any third party keyboard drivers and restarting to see if the problem is indeed related to third party drivers.

07-10-2020, 08:01 PM	#18
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,565 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	FWIW : I often run into this issue. I try to make Windows wide shortcuts WinKey sequences. But that's not possible with many baked in Windows shortcut sequences, e.g Ctrl+Esc pops the Start Menu. And many 3rd party utility programs don't allow the WinKey modifier, even tho' they are Windows only programs Ψ³ Lest there be any confusion, I don't want Sigil to allow WinKey sequences, indeed I hereby forbid it BR I have a circa 1980s memory of a universal short cut manager, would have been on Lisa, Star, Windows, or VisiON - the 'Expert Systems' (chuckle) lab had all four. I inherited the lab and a couple of its programmers (the good ones) when the ES group was disbanded.

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