tag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:/discussions/problems/4-marked-not-updating-from-byword-and-crashing-repeatedlyMarked: Discussion 2021-03-17T15:07:10Ztag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:Comment/99597142011-09-14T16:53:23Z2011-09-14T16:53:23ZMarked not updating from Byword and crashing repeatedly<div><p>I'm attaching your crash report as a file to make this thread
easier to manage. I've seen this same crash a few times, on both
Snow Leopard and Lion. I haven't been able to replicate it at all.
I made some changes in the code for the next version that
<em>might</em> help, but more information would be very useful.</p>
<p>Could you attach any text file that Marked is crashing on? Also,
let me know where the file is stored (Dropbox, main HD, external
disk, etc.).</p></div>Bretttag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:Comment/99597142011-09-14T17:48:10Z2021-03-17T15:07:09ZMarked not updating from Byword and crashing repeatedly<div><p>Brett:</p>
<p>Thanks for the quick reply. Please see attached Markdown file.</p>
<p>I also notice that if I put the horizontal rule markdown characters<br>
("***" or "___") on their own line, they won't necessarily render correctly: I need to pad the characters with 1 line of spacing on<br>
either side for them to render properly.</p>
<p>Thanks, David.</p></div>dsmccormicktag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:Comment/99597142011-09-14T18:03:30Z2011-09-14T18:03:30ZMarked not updating from Byword and crashing repeatedly<div><p>Ok, I tested with your file and Byword and was able to edit
without crashing and updates kept up, so there's something going on
besides encoding issues or Byword incompatibilities.</p>
<p>I gather that you're not using any kind of custom processor. Are
the files you're editing stored on Dropbox or anything
external?</p>
<p>Also, do you mind if I make this conversation public so the
debugging might help someone else?</p></div>Bretttag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:Comment/99597142011-09-14T18:18:00Z2011-09-14T18:18:00ZMarked not updating from Byword and crashing repeatedly<div><p>Oh, and by the way, Marked uses the MultiMarkdown 3
implementation, which does require whitespace on both sides of a
horizontal rule to work.</p></div>Bretttag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:Comment/99597142011-09-14T19:03:08Z2021-03-17T15:07:09ZMarked not updating from Byword and crashing repeatedly<div><p>Brett:</p>
<p>Yes, the files are in Dropbox.</p>
<p>Yes, you may make this public if you think it will help others. Just didn't want to expose anything particularly private in the crash dump file. You can judge better than I can whether that info has private information.</p>
<p>Thanks, David</p></div>dsmccormicktag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:Comment/99597142011-09-14T19:03:53Z2021-03-17T15:07:10ZMarked not updating from Byword and crashing repeatedly<div><p>...and thanks for the tip on whitespace and horizontal line formatting in MM3.</p></div>dsmccormicktag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:Comment/99597142011-09-14T19:06:18Z2011-09-14T19:06:18ZMarked not updating from Byword and crashing repeatedly<div><p>Deleting the crash reports and your sample file before switching
this to public.</p>
<p>I think there may be an issue with Marked and files on Dropbox.
I'll leave this ticket open while I do some further testing. If you
could try moving the files out of your Dropbox folder and testing
them for a while, it would be very helpful to know if the crashes
still occur. Thanks.</p></div>Bretttag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:Comment/99597142011-09-14T19:11:00Z2021-03-17T15:07:10ZMarked not updating from Byword and crashing repeatedly<div><p>For what it's worth, I did install the Byword.css stylesheet as a custom style.</p>
<p>I will move the file out of Dropbox and see what happens.</p>
<p>Thanks, David</p></div>dsmccormicktag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:Comment/99597142011-09-14T19:55:05Z2021-03-17T15:07:10ZMarked not updating from Byword and crashing repeatedly<div><p>Brett:</p>
<p>I moved the file in question to my Documents directory, rebooted, and<br>
edited, and the symptoms persist: the document won't update upon<br>
Byword save and it intermittently crashes.</p>
<p>Oh, well.</p>
<p>David.</p></div>dsmccormicktag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:Comment/99597142011-09-14T20:02:08Z2011-09-14T20:02:08ZMarked not updating from Byword and crashing repeatedly<div><p>Ok, leaving this ticket open while I review the crash report
some more. I'll get back to you as soon as I can.</p>
<p>Have you tested with any other editors? Same results?</p></div>Bretttag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:Comment/99597142011-09-14T22:58:14Z2021-03-17T15:07:10ZMarked not updating from Byword and crashing repeatedly<div><p>I will try with TextEdit and TextWrangler and get back to you.</p>
<p>Cheers, David</p></div>dsmccormicktag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:Comment/99597142011-09-15T00:26:00Z2021-03-17T15:07:10ZMarked not updating from Byword and crashing repeatedly<div><p>Here's an update. I could not get it work with BBEdit. I could get it<br>
to work with TextWrangler, but it would not update on save in the<br>
editor: I had to go to Marked and hit Refresh.</p>
<p>In TextWrangler, I noticed that if I switched styles a few time, it<br>
would no longer switch styles and it would no longer Refresh properly<br>
with updates. I would have to close the Markdown file, reopen, and go.<br>
Then after a few times of this close-and-reopen, Marked crashed. New<br>
crash report attached.</p>
<p>In TextEdit, it seemed to work for a little bit, but then it got all<br>
funky, too. I noticed in TextEdit that there were some funky<br>
characters (non alpha). I deleted them, but it didn't help, other than<br>
make the rendered document look correct. Had several crashes; reports<br>
2 and 3 are from TextEdit.</p>
<p>Note: I have the Byword CSS file installed as the Custom style.</p>
<p>Is there any way to get back to the initial install state? Is there a<br>
*.plist file that I can delete to start again?</p>
<p>For what it's worth, I see an "mds" process running furiously in the<br>
background. Spotlight indexing?</p>
<p>Thanks, David.</p></div>dsmccormicktag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:Comment/99597142011-09-15T00:32:56Z2011-09-15T00:32:56ZMarked not updating from Byword and crashing repeatedly<div><p>I'll review the crash reports as quickly as possible. The
<code>mds</code> process is of interest as it <em>is</em> Spotlight
indexing and could greatly affect Marked's performance in exactly
the areas we're looking at. A couple of thoughts:</p>
<ol>
<li>To reset preferences, delete the file
~/Library/Preferences/com.brettterpstra.marky.plist</li>
<li>Rebuilding the Spotlight index for your primary drive has
helped several people. If you're willing to try this fix, you can
use a number of utilities such as Onyx or Cocktail, but the easiest
is just to open Terminal and type <code>mdutil -E /</code></li>
</ol>
<p>I'll be back in touch soon.</p></div>Bretttag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:Comment/99597142011-09-15T09:14:37Z2011-09-15T09:14:37ZMarked not updating from Byword and crashing repeatedly<div><p>Yep, for me, too: "mdutil -E /" did the trick. Strange.</p></div>Samueltag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:Comment/99597142011-09-15T09:17:46Z2011-09-15T09:17:46ZMarked not updating from Byword and crashing repeatedly<div><p>Now, Spotlight indexes my *.md files and the auto-reload of a
.md file I am editing in ByWord is working in marked.</p></div>samueltag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:Comment/99597142011-09-15T09:20:20Z2011-09-15T09:20:20ZMarked not updating from Byword and crashing repeatedly<div><p>Great! Apparently this is going to be my all-purpose
solution…</p></div>Brett