On 25/07/2023 21:17, Steve Edmonds wrote:
On 25/07/2023 22:17, Mike Scott wrote:
On 24/07/2023 17:39, Paul D. Mirowsky wrote:
Just out of curiosity, at any time did you receive a "Confirm
File Format" window and unchecked the "Ask when not saving in
ODF or default format" dialog?
An error in this function might react oddly, even though unlikely.
The "Confirm File Format" window only (and always) pops up when
a non-odf format is picked from the drop-down box in the 'Save
As' dialogue. "Ask when not saving in ODF..." is set in the LO
options and re-appears (set) in the "Confirm format" window.
The odd thing today is that on this machine at least, I can't
provoke the erroneous behaviour... I must have just clicked
"Save As" 30 or more times, and all works perfectly. Would fail
regularly when I last posted. The machine has just been rebooted
though... surely that can't affect things!
Thanks to you and to all for comments.
Yesterday I observed the behaviour you described, just once,
first time in a few years since the bug saving with file names
containing multiple '.'s (i.e. API12.578.PT100SB.odt) was fixed.
This time also I had a file name suggested in the "Save As" Name
field, no extension showing, file type .odt selected and LO saved
the file without any extension.
I couldn't repeat it. I have no idea what logic is involved.
Hmm the gremlins persist - my last email seems not to have made it
to the list.
First, in answer to a query, the dialogue box style is set to
system not LO's own. But as, today, I can't provoke the behaviour
at all, I can't say whether the choice of style affects matters.
And the text of my last email, telling of a very odd thing, was as
follows (apologies if anyone's already seen this):
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Thanks for the comment; similar I guess.
The craziest thing today though. Having tried and failed to make
my desktop fail again, I've just tried my rather slower laptop.
The dialogue box briefly flashed up something I couldn't make out,
so I set a screen recorder running. Serious weirdness is evident.
When I do the 'Save As', the dialogue box comes up. At one point
as I step through frame-by-frame, the main area (the panel with a
list of file names on disk) is empty, and the save as file name
box at the top contains the highlighted file name, no type.
At the next frame, the main area is populated, and the filename
box now contains the name plus highlighted type - which is the bad
behaviour I have noted.
I should add, it took a couple of tries to get it to happen.
I can't imagine what's going on internally to do this. And
seemingly randomly at that.
Maybe the gremlins are getting restless? :}
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