[scribus] Save Not Setting Saved Status

Craig Bradney cbradney at scribus.info
Tue Jun 14 09:54:17 UTC 2011






On 14/06/2011, at 7:21, "Owen" <rcook at pcug.org.au> wrote:

>> Just in case nobody's mentioned this yet...
>> 
>> (Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.7 - Scribus 1.4.0.rc3, Build
>> C-C-T-F-C1.10.2-Mac/Aqua)
>> (Don't know if that's the recommended version, but seemed to be the
>> latest build at the download site.)
>> 
>> With an open document, either click the Save toolbar icon (3rd one
>> from left), or select File>Save, or press Command-S, or do all three
>> just for fun.  In any case, the document should be saved, right?
>> Immediately next, close Scribus.  What's this?  A dialog pops up:
>> 
>> Document:
>> <file>.sla
>> has been changed since the last save.
>> 
>> Excuse me, but the document was JUST saved!  So, did it really save or
>> not?  According to the file date/time stamp (while the "unsaved"
>> dialog is up) the document is indeed saved.  So why the extra
>> click-through, Scribus developers?  Why does the application believe
>> upon exit that the document is not saved when in fact it really is?
> 
> 
> 
> As JJJ says, this is an old 'bug'. Apparently a bit hard to locate the
> flag that gets set, so it is just a quirk that we learn to live with.
> 
> Your work does get saved, so do not worry on that score.
> 
> 
> 
> Owen
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Its easy to locate where the flag gets changed but there are a million and one places it can be called...


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