tellico-users Digest, Vol 167, Issue 1

Mon Apr 14 01:32:10 BST 2025

I can report the same experience with my flatpak version 4.1.1 on 
Manjaro Linux...  I have two different pictures in each record, and 
would get an export error for each picture saying it could not write the 
file, but it after hitting enter on each error, it would go ahead and 
make the html page just fine (with the pictures apparently in it)... 
Tellico also crashed at the end of the export each time, but it did 
produce the html just fine before the crash..

However, after further investigation, I noticed that the pictures 
weren't actually in the export_files directory, and in the HTML there 
were just links back to my home folder structure (I have all the 
pictures saved as links, because otherwise tellico eventually crashes 
for me).  So, I made a test record and actually saved the picture in the 
database, ran the HTML export, and there was no errors (although it 
still crashed).  I checked and made sure that the image is in the 
export_files directory and in the export.html, it points to the picture 
in the export_files directory.

So, it seems to work fine where the pictures in the databases aren't 
links but are actually stored in the database (at least for me).. and it 
"kind of" works when they're links (as long as you're on the same pc), 
but it just doesn't actually pull the actual images from their links and 
store them in the export_files directory as would be expected (and also 
all of the errors of course).  I'd probably write a bash script as a 
workaround with the current issue if I was depending on the export (and 
if I didn't have too many records where it would make it infeasible to 
'hit enter' through all the error messages...

...Jay Z

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> Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 09:35:46 -0700
> From: molto.libri at gmail.com
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> Subject: HTML Export Fails to Export Individual
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> I am having a problem with "Export to HTML..." getting errors with images when I select "Export individual entry
> files"in the LInux MInt flatpak version 4.1.1
>
> I am unsure what is the problem, as I am really a user only.  I need help in identifying where my problem is actually,
> and I don't have any other platform to try other options.
>
> I would appreciate it if anyone can tell me what is wrong.
>
>
> Background:
> =============================
> I have used an old PC experimental version for years, but I decided to move to Linux Mint (Virtual Box) on my PC.
> I installed the flatpak version of "Tellico" 4.1.1
> The datafiles exist and the media is stored in the data file on R/W Virtual Box share on the PC that mounts to the Linux
> Mint share.  I have used this before for other applications.
>
> Everything works, but when I export to HTML on Linux Mint I get this error message for every image file for the FLATPAK
> VERSION and I have to kill the process.  Without the "Export individual entry files" it is fine so I believe it is the
> image files.
>
>       Tellico is unable to write the file - xxxxxxx.jpg
>
> On the PC version it works fine.
>
>
> Difference: EXPORT TO HTML...
> =============================
>
> Full settings: PC
> Formatting - Format all fields
>
> Encoding    -    Encode in Unicode (UTF-8) <<<<
>
> HTML Options     -    Print field headers; Export individual entry files
>
> =============================
>
> Full settings: Linux Mint
> Formatting - Format all fields
>
> Encoding    -    Encode in user locale (UTF-8) <<<<
>
>
> HTML Options     -    Print field headers; Export individual entry files
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> Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 17:44:42 -0400
> From: Robby Stephenson <robby at periapsis.org>
> To: molto.libri at gmail.com
> Cc: tellico-users at kde.org
> Subject: Re: HTML Export Fails to Export Individual
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> Hi,
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> On Sat, Apr 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM <molto.libri at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I am having a problem with "Export to HTML..." getting errors with images
>> when I select "Export individual entry files"in the LInux MInt flatpak
>> version 4.1.1
>>
> Candidly, Tellico with flatpak has been a bit of a headache, with multiple
> people reporting issues to me in the past. I'm not familiar with how its
> sandboxing works nor how the flatpak may be configured since I don't use
> them.
>
>
>> I installed the flatpak version of "Tellico" 4.1.1
>> The datafiles exist and the media is stored in the data file on R/W
>> Virtual Box share on the PC that mounts to the Linux Mint share.  I have
>> used this before for other applications.
>>
>> Everything works, but when I export to HTML on Linux Mint I get this error
>> message for every image file for the FLATPAK VERSION and I have to kill the
>> process.  Without the "Export individual entry files" it is fine so I
>> believe it is the image files.
>>
>>      Tellico is unable to write the file - xxxxxxx.jpg
>>
>> On the PC version it works fine.
>>
> Thank you for all the background info. Its strange that Tellico can save
> the HTML file but not the image file since the both use the same approach.
> It may be that the folder for storing the individual HTML files fails to
> get created for some reason. Are you able to create new folders from within
> the flatpak Tellico when you're saving new files, for example? I assume
> there's enough disk space for all the images, correct?
>
> Robby
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