Re: [Denemo-devel] data loss disaster (imminent)

[Bric]

On 01/01/2016 02:23 PM, Bric wrote:
> i have a denemo file that won't open with any version.  The recent 
> 2.0.1 binary, my old 1.2.4, my local 2.0.1 build.  Same opening 
> "failed" message in all three.
>
> On the command line i see "opening file <path to file>.denemo"
> success: 1
>
> ironically
>
> I still have the *.denemo file, but I can't tell what's wrong with it, 
> looking at the code, and no explanatory error messages available.
>
> I stand to lose many hours of work here.
>
> What happened was: I was editing about 80 bars of on-staff score, 
> adding chord symbols; denemo crashed, then when i reopened it, i was 
> counting on auto-save, which is on for me (every 5 seconds, i think).  
> I opted to restore from auto-save, and that loaded an empty file.
>
>
> I closed the empty file without saving, and tried to open the *.denemo 
> file, and the open action fails.  I am looking at the XML, it seems OK 
> at cursory glance, and I don't know why it's being rejected.
OK, i deleted my last inserted chord in the XML file:

    <fakechord>dis:m7</fakechord>

After that, the file opened, and I continued to insert the chords, 
including the above chord, which now appears in the XML file exactly as 
above.

Maybe a cosmic-ray of a stray byte in the file?

Sorry, i didn't mean to cry "wolf!" - the wolf was really nearby, 
growling - i beat him back with an experimental maneuver that just 
happened to work.

Typo in my previous message - should say "one-staff", rather than "on-staff"

Happy New Year, everyone!



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