Script Editor disassociates - a lossy LC IDE bug

[Curry Kenworthy]

Wondering if this bug has already been reported?

I've seen a wonderful LC 9 IDE bug: sometimes the Script Editor window 
seems to disassociate from the object being edited. Thus after this bug 
is triggered, any typed script changes may not really be applied and 
saved, although they are shown as applied. Next LC session, those 
changes are gone; the stack code is still as it was prior to the bug 
being triggered and prior to editing the script.

An alternate form is that the script changes actually are applied, but 
in a bad way: first the script disassociates completely and is empty, 
then the empty script is saved, overwriting the previous script. Nice! 
(I think this is my favorite variation; if we're going to cause loss of 
work/code, might as well do it boldly and not beat around the bush.)

I suspect this happens more on Mac than Windows, but since I don't have 
a recipe, not sure. I've seen this happen to other people rather than on 
my own machine. On LC 905 for sure, and probably on 950 also.

If Script Editor disassociation does happen, I advise immediate but 
careful no-save quit or force quit, and pray that you're already in the 
habit of backing up beforehand. Copy and paste the current script text 
to an external text editor if necessary. Of course this particular bug 
just might be able to defeat the safety of stack backups too in some 
situations, but hey, that's why it's an extra-fabulous bug!

So, in addition to being a bit crashy and glitchy, the 9 IDE is a bit 
work-lossy. That could turn off both new and old users if they are the 
humor-deficient type to frown on losing some work. But shucks, ain't no 
thang! Only features features features (and new side projects) matter! 
Glad we all agree on that.

Any reports or recipes on this issue? I'll post a report if there is 
none. Thanks....

Best wishes,

Curry Kenworthy

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