[scribus] Save Not Setting Saved Status

[Joe Zeff]

On 06/14/2011 10:32 AM, John Ghormley KJ4UFG wrote:
> I am thoroughly confused.  Why would not a text search through the entire
> code base reveal ALL references to the flag in question?  In order to be set
> or unset it has to have the same name every time it is manipulated.   This
> is not really rocket science, is it?

I haven't done any programming in years.  However, back in the ancient 
days of the Second Millennium, it was possible to set the debugger to 
let you know each time a specified variable's value changed.  And, it 
was also possible to have it stop whenever a specified function was 
entered.  Assuming that current debuggers are at least as good as the 
ones I used, you should be able to find out if the change flag is 
properly set when you save the file and if the value changes between 
that time and the time you try to exit, even if you haven't made any 
changes.  Then, when the debugger halts at the checkpoint inside the 
exit function, you can make sure that the value is correct, have it 
continue to a second checkpoint right before it asks you to save the 
file again and see why it's either not checking the flag or Doing The 
Wrong Thing.  Once you know that, it should be relatively easy to 
correct whatever's wrong.  Yes, doing this will take time, and time is a 
valuable, limited resource, but what needs to be done can't be rocket 
surgery if somebody who's not programmed in well over a decade can work 
out in general terms how to do it.