- From: Irene Vatton <Irene.Vatton@inrialpes.fr>
- Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 14:19:31 +0200
- To: Irene.Vatton@inrialpes.fr
- Cc: Amaya <www-amaya@w3.org>
Hi, This bug is now fixed in the CVS version. Le Jeudi 07 Avril 2005 10:02, McCrackin, Dan a écrit : > Hello, > > I've been using your (rather excellent) Amaya as an html editor for > some time now, and have recently run into an interesting bug in version > 9.1. In Brief: > > > Version: Amaya 9.1, Feb 23, 2005 under Windows XP. > > Description: Accidently opening a read only file prevents Amaya from ever > sucessfully editing that file, unless you hunt down the cached copy and > delete it. > > Elaboration: > When a file is opened for editing, it appears that at some point you > copy the file into Amaya's cache (Documents and > Settings/username/amaya/....) When a save is done, this cached copy gets > copied back to the actual file being edited. > *BUT* if the original file was (mistakenly) write protected when > first opened, then the *cached* copy is also write protected. Shutting > down Amaya, un-writeprotecting the file and reopening Amaya results in > Amaya trying to copy the file into its cache again, in the same spot, which > fails. It then proceeds to display the old, write protected version. The > only fix seems to be hunting down the write protected cached copy, and > deleting it. After doing this, everything seems to be OK again. > > To Reproduce: > To see this most dramatically, write protect an html file, then open > it and try to edit it. Exit Amaya. Now replace your local write > protected file with another file of the same name that is _not_ write > protected. Try to edit it. You should see the _original_ write > protected file instead of your local file. > > > Just thought you should know. Thank you! > > > Dan McCrackin > > > > Dan McCrackin, Ph.D., P.Eng. > Senior Research Engineer > Laboratory Automation and Integration > Thermo Electron Corporation > mailto:dan.mccrackin@thermo.com > (905)332-2000 ext. 290 - (905)332-1114 fax > (800)365-7587 toll free -- Irène. ----- Irène Vatton INRIA Rhône-Alpes INRIA ZIRST e-mail: Irene.Vatton@inria.fr 655 avenue de l'Europe Tel.: +33 4 76 61 53 61 Montbonnot Fax: +33 4 76 61 52 07 38334 Saint Ismier Cedex - France
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