Trouble saving Controls for Saved Search

phillipgessert · 02-06-2022, 12:00 PM

When I double-click the Controls field beside a Saved Search and set the mode to e.g. "regex" and then close that window, it doesn't seem to populate that field with anything; and after loading that Saved Search in, the mode also doesn't seem to change in the f/r window. I'm a bit new to Saved Searches, so it may be I've done something wrong.

I'm on macOS Monterey, if that helps. I tried moving/renaming ~/Library/Application Support/sigil-ebook/sigil/ (after backing it up) as a test to see if something had gone wrong in that folder, but the behavior seemed to persist even then (tried it on one of the example searches). Any ideas for other things I could try?

KevinH · 02-06-2022, 12:14 PM

Please try the following:
instead of the X on the dialog to close, please try clicking outside the Controls dialog window. When it loses focus, it should save as well. Did that change anything?

I do not have a Monterrey machine to test with. But I can test with Catalina and Big Sur and let you know if I can recreate what you are seeing.

KevinH · 02-06-2022, 12:22 PM

Jist tried both master and Sigil -1.8.0 and it all works as expected on macOS Catlina and Big Sur.

But be careful if you use "enter" to exit that dialog that the "Clear" button is not marked as default, as hitting enter will then not just exit but clear and exit. Tab can be used to move keyboard focus away from the Clear button.

I just use the X or click outside the Controls dialog back into Saved Search to save a keystroke.

KevinH · 02-06-2022, 12:28 PM

If none of that helps, then the bug is in Qt 5.12.9 and Monterrey.
If that is the case I would be happy to post privately for you a pre-release version of Sigil-1.9.0 that has been compiled against Python 3.9.9 and Qt 6.2.3 using the macOS 11.1 SDK (from Big Sur).

Qt itself does not officially support macOS Monterrey in Qt 5.12.X as Monterrey came after the Qt 5.12.X series was primarily complete. Qt 6 should properly support macOS Monterrey (or at least be much better than Qt 5.12.X in that regard).

phillipgessert · 02-06-2022, 01:02 PM

I bet it's the Qt bug, because I was just X-ing out too. And I tried it just now again that way to be sure, and also tried clicking outside that window, back into Saved Search (nice tip)--no dice. Very glad to try that 1.9 prerelease anytime and report back.

KevinH · 02-06-2022, 01:16 PM

I will make a test build tonight for you to try.
KevinH

KevinH · 02-06-2022, 01:57 PM

Had a free moment:

See: https://github.com/kevinhendricks/Bu...or_sigil_1.0.0

Download:

Sigil.app-1.9.0-Beta-Qt6-Mac.txz

Caveats:

- This build is totally unsigned as my code signing routines are not set up for Qt6 yet.

- The Qt6 port of Sigil is very experimental.

- Although this is master it has lots of internal changes that make it *Beta* and so should not be used in production without lots of prior testing

- Because it is Qt6, it will *not* work with PyQt5 plugins (only PySide6 plugins)
but it will work with tcl/tk plugins just fine. Tweaking a PyQt5 plugin to use
PySide6 can be done reasonably easily. We are working on a way to make this even
easier and something that will support both in the future.

I posted this just to test if Qt 6.2.3 has a fix for your bug in Monterrey.

If so, I will try to track down that fix and backport it to Qt 5.12.9 as a MacOS specific patch hopefully in time for the upcoming release in about 2 weeks.

So please let me know if it helps in that regard.

phillipgessert · 02-06-2022, 03:01 PM

Thanks, Kevin--and thanks for the caveats. I won't use it for anything else, though if there's anything else you'd like me to try with it in Monterey, I certainly can. As for this particular problem, it still exists for me with this version.

KevinH · 02-06-2022, 03:04 PM

Oh no. This is the very latest version of Qt 6.2.x just release on Feb 1 or so.
I really do not know how to track this down and fix it without a Monterey based machine.

I will see about adding some debug output to a new version, just to see if something obvious jumps out.

KevinH · 02-06-2022, 03:13 PM

Would you please try one more thing for me in both Sigil-1.8 and this Qt6 beta build.

Open Find and Replace and set all of the search controls manually, then right click in the Find field and choose to save it as a new saved search.

Then open Saved Search and see if the controls made it. Can you successfully edit them in Saved Search then?

KevinH · 02-06-2022, 03:17 PM

I will add some qdebug output to the SearchEditorItemDelegate to see if the routine to save the new settings is even getting invoked when you close the Window.

phillipgessert · 02-06-2022, 03:18 PM

That works for both, so for now I'll just set my controls that way. Thanks for that!

And sure, glad to try anything else out that might be helpful, and apologies in advance if it turns out to be some weird one-off because I've broken something somewhere. I don't think so, though; I just upgraded last week and am generally not quite that fast at breaking things.

KevinH · 02-06-2022, 03:45 PM

I have a new build for you to try. This one is Qt 5.12.9 based (since the experimental Qt6 did not help). It will write debug output when you try to save Controls in Saved Searches.
I was able to sign this one as it is Qt5 based.

https://github.com/kevinhendricks/Bu...or_sigil_1.0.0

Download: Sigil.app-1.9.0-Beta-Mac.txz

Please copy it to your Desktop and unpack it there.
Then open Terminal.app and enter the following commands:

cd
cd Desktop
export SIGIL_DEBUG_LOGFILE="sigil_debug_log.txt"
open ./Sigil.app

When it opens (you might have to fight with GateKeeper to get it to open before trying this) then go to Saved Searches and try to edit a controls field. Then use the X to close the Controls dialog.

Then exit out of Sigil.

You should then see a file on your Desktop called: sigil_debug_log.txt

Please open it in any text editor and paste its contents here so that we can see if the routine to actually save the edited controls is even being tried.

Thanks

KevinH · 02-06-2022, 03:49 PM

BTW, when you said it "works for both", does that mean you were in Saved Searches and double clicked on the controls field and then were successfully able to edit it to change the controls from there and save it back via using X on the Controls dialog?

Or did you just mean that you could at least get some values there by saving it from Find and Replace but the original problem still remained?

phillipgessert · 02-06-2022, 04:11 PM

Sorry, yes--I meant I was able to successfully populate the Controls field by saving the search via the f/r window, and once that was done I was able to modify it via the Saved Search window. And that worked for 1.8 and the Qt6 beta version.

Glad to try out that debug--it may be tomorrow before I can come back to it, but I surely will.

02-06-2022, 12:00 PM	#1
phillipgessert Addict Posts: 312 Karma: 3196258 Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Madison, WI Device: Kindle 5th Gen	Trouble saving Controls for Saved Search When I double-click the Controls field beside a Saved Search and set the mode to e.g. "regex" and then close that window, it doesn't seem to populate that field with anything; and after loading that Saved Search in, the mode also doesn't seem to change in the f/r window. I'm a bit new to Saved Searches, so it may be I've done something wrong. I'm on macOS Monterey, if that helps. I tried moving/renaming ~/Library/Application Support/sigil-ebook/sigil/ (after backing it up) as a test to see if something had gone wrong in that folder, but the behavior seemed to persist even then (tried it on one of the example searches). Any ideas for other things I could try?

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02-06-2022, 12:14 PM	#2
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,434 Karma: 5702578 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Please try the following: instead of the X on the dialog to close, please try clicking outside the Controls dialog window. When it loses focus, it should save as well. Did that change anything? I do not have a Monterrey machine to test with. But I can test with Catalina and Big Sur and let you know if I can recreate what you are seeing.

02-06-2022, 12:22 PM	#3
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,434 Karma: 5702578 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Jist tried both master and Sigil -1.8.0 and it all works as expected on macOS Catlina and Big Sur. But be careful if you use "enter" to exit that dialog that the "Clear" button is not marked as default, as hitting enter will then not just exit but clear and exit. Tab can be used to move keyboard focus away from the Clear button. I just use the X or click outside the Controls dialog back into Saved Search to save a keystroke.

02-06-2022, 12:28 PM	#4
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,434 Karma: 5702578 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	If none of that helps, then the bug is in Qt 5.12.9 and Monterrey. If that is the case I would be happy to post privately for you a pre-release version of Sigil-1.9.0 that has been compiled against Python 3.9.9 and Qt 6.2.3 using the macOS 11.1 SDK (from Big Sur). Qt itself does not officially support macOS Monterrey in Qt 5.12.X as Monterrey came after the Qt 5.12.X series was primarily complete. Qt 6 should properly support macOS Monterrey (or at least be much better than Qt 5.12.X in that regard).

02-06-2022, 01:02 PM	#5
phillipgessert Addict Posts: 312 Karma: 3196258 Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Madison, WI Device: Kindle 5th Gen	I bet it's the Qt bug, because I was just X-ing out too. And I tried it just now again that way to be sure, and also tried clicking outside that window, back into Saved Search (nice tip)--no dice. Very glad to try that 1.9 prerelease anytime and report back.

02-06-2022, 01:16 PM	#6
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,434 Karma: 5702578 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	I will make a test build tonight for you to try. KevinH

02-06-2022, 01:57 PM	#7
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,434 Karma: 5702578 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Had a free moment: See: https://github.com/kevinhendricks/Bu...or_sigil_1.0.0 Download: Sigil.app-1.9.0-Beta-Qt6-Mac.txz Caveats: - This build is totally unsigned as my code signing routines are not set up for Qt6 yet. - The Qt6 port of Sigil is very experimental. - Although this is master it has lots of internal changes that make it Beta and so should not be used in production without lots of prior testing - Because it is Qt6, it will not work with PyQt5 plugins (only PySide6 plugins) but it will work with tcl/tk plugins just fine. Tweaking a PyQt5 plugin to use PySide6 can be done reasonably easily. We are working on a way to make this even easier and something that will support both in the future. I posted this just to test if Qt 6.2.3 has a fix for your bug in Monterrey. If so, I will try to track down that fix and backport it to Qt 5.12.9 as a MacOS specific patch hopefully in time for the upcoming release in about 2 weeks. So please let me know if it helps in that regard.

02-06-2022, 03:01 PM	#8
phillipgessert Addict Posts: 312 Karma: 3196258 Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Madison, WI Device: Kindle 5th Gen	Thanks, Kevin--and thanks for the caveats. I won't use it for anything else, though if there's anything else you'd like me to try with it in Monterey, I certainly can. As for this particular problem, it still exists for me with this version.

02-06-2022, 03:04 PM	#9
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,434 Karma: 5702578 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Oh no. This is the very latest version of Qt 6.2.x just release on Feb 1 or so. I really do not know how to track this down and fix it without a Monterey based machine. I will see about adding some debug output to a new version, just to see if something obvious jumps out.

02-06-2022, 03:13 PM	#10
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,434 Karma: 5702578 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Would you please try one more thing for me in both Sigil-1.8 and this Qt6 beta build. Open Find and Replace and set all of the search controls manually, then right click in the Find field and choose to save it as a new saved search. Then open Saved Search and see if the controls made it. Can you successfully edit them in Saved Search then?

02-06-2022, 03:17 PM	#11
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,434 Karma: 5702578 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	I will add some qdebug output to the SearchEditorItemDelegate to see if the routine to save the new settings is even getting invoked when you close the Window.

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02-06-2022, 03:18 PM	#12
phillipgessert Addict Posts: 312 Karma: 3196258 Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Madison, WI Device: Kindle 5th Gen	That works for both, so for now I'll just set my controls that way. Thanks for that! And sure, glad to try anything else out that might be helpful, and apologies in advance if it turns out to be some weird one-off because I've broken something somewhere. I don't think so, though; I just upgraded last week and am generally not quite that fast at breaking things.

02-06-2022, 03:45 PM	#13
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,434 Karma: 5702578 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	I have a new build for you to try. This one is Qt 5.12.9 based (since the experimental Qt6 did not help). It will write debug output when you try to save Controls in Saved Searches. I was able to sign this one as it is Qt5 based. https://github.com/kevinhendricks/Bu...or_sigil_1.0.0 Download: Sigil.app-1.9.0-Beta-Mac.txz Please copy it to your Desktop and unpack it there. Then open Terminal.app and enter the following commands: cd cd Desktop export SIGIL_DEBUG_LOGFILE="sigil_debug_log.txt" open ./Sigil.app When it opens (you might have to fight with GateKeeper to get it to open before trying this) then go to Saved Searches and try to edit a controls field. Then use the X to close the Controls dialog. Then exit out of Sigil. You should then see a file on your Desktop called: sigil_debug_log.txt Please open it in any text editor and paste its contents here so that we can see if the routine to actually save the edited controls is even being tried. Thanks

02-06-2022, 03:49 PM	#14
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,434 Karma: 5702578 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	BTW, when you said it "works for both", does that mean you were in Saved Searches and double clicked on the controls field and then were successfully able to edit it to change the controls from there and save it back via using X on the Controls dialog? Or did you just mean that you could at least get some values there by saving it from Find and Replace but the original problem still remained?

02-06-2022, 04:11 PM	#15
phillipgessert Addict Posts: 312 Karma: 3196258 Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Madison, WI Device: Kindle 5th Gen	Sorry, yes--I meant I was able to successfully populate the Controls field by saving the search via the f/r window, and once that was done I was able to modify it via the Saved Search window. And that worked for 1.8 and the Qt6 beta version. Glad to try out that debug--it may be tomorrow before I can come back to it, but I surely will.