It only seems to apply to certain special characters I’m finding, and to brackets.

Try a link with a ć for instance, or an ā.  Either as a new page/sub page or a hyperlink within the page.  Any form of link, it doesn’t matter.  You will probably see some odd behaviour.

I wish I could give you step-by-step method to reproduce the error but it’s sporadic, unreliable, with different or no results each time.  What I have noticed, however, is that if I stop using special characters then the software runs smoothly and stably.





> On 27 Apr 2016, at 20:59, Jaap Karssenberg <email address hidden> wrote:
> 
> Sorry to ask, but can you give a more concrete example of the issue? E.g.
> what steps do I need to do to reproduce the issue?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jaap
> 
> 
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 5:50 PM Frost <email address hidden> wrote:
> 
>> Public bug reported:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'm using Zim 0.65 on Python 2.7 for OS X 10.11.4.
>> 
>> I'm not *entirely* sure I managed to install it properly as the install
>> instructions on the Zim website are out of date and did not work.
>> Therefore every time I want to launch Zim it launches a Python Launcher,
>> Python (proper), and the Terminal.  Is that right?
>> 
>> I managed to install dependencies with Homebrew OK though.  On a side
>> note, your install page could definitely do with a re-write for people
>> who are less savvy.
>> 
>> THE MAIN ISSUE:
>> 
>> Using special characters (any kind) in a link breaks the link.  Not only
>> that, it will either duplicate a page (if a special character is in the
>> title) or delete it.  I have learned that the hard way - two day's worth
>> of work vanished because my page had a 'ā' in the title.  Even using
>> brackets () in links seems to break them.
>> 
>> It's just really frustrating and inconvenient.  Can Zim please patch a
>> fix?  Or is it me?
>> 
>> Cheers.
>> 
>> ** Affects: zim
>>     Importance: Undecided
>>         Status: New
>> 
>> 
>> ** Tags: character link mac
>> 
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>> Title:
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>> 
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> 
> Title:
>  Special characters break links, and worse
> 
> Status in Zim:
>  New
> 
> Bug description:
>  Hi,
> 
>  I'm using Zim 0.65 on Python 2.7 for OS X 10.11.4.
> 
>  I'm not *entirely* sure I managed to install it properly as the
>  install instructions on the Zim website are out of date and did not
>  work.  Therefore every time I want to launch Zim it launches a Python
>  Launcher, Python (proper), and the Terminal.  Is that right?
> 
>  I managed to install dependencies with Homebrew OK though.  On a side
>  note, your install page could definitely do with a re-write for people
>  who are less savvy.
> 
>  THE MAIN ISSUE:
> 
>  Using special characters (any kind) in a link breaks the link.  Not
>  only that, it will either duplicate a page (if a special character is
>  in the title) or delete it.  I have learned that the hard way - two
>  day's worth of work vanished because my page had a 'ā' in the title.
>  Even using brackets () in links seems to break them.
> 
>  It's just really frustrating and inconvenient.  Can Zim please patch a
>  fix?  Or is it me?
> 
>  Cheers.
> 
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/zim/+bug/1575743/+subscriptions