#357 Clicking on special: movepage for unsaved page breaks save functionality

[Srijan Kumar]

I am using linux 64 bit version of Xowa. While running it without any wikipedia modules, when I create a new page, then before saving, I go to "special: movepage" and then click the backarrow button on the top-left, two things happen:
1. Save does not work anymore - If I write anything in the text box and save it, it won't do anything.
2. The title becomes "_______", and the address bar only has the name of the file, instead of the path (which was there earlier).

[gnosygnu]

Thanks for the detail, especially the screenshot.

The above behavior is a bug. Keep in mind that creating pages is still a work in progress. It is only enabled in the home wiki and disabled in all other wikis. For the home wiki, you really shouldn't be creating pages (or making changes), because the home wiki will be replaced whenever you upgrade XOWA. In other words, the create page feature is meant to be used by me only. :)

I'll fix the bug when I work on overhauling the editable aspect of XOWA. (creating standalone wikis; creating / deleting pages; etc.) Unfortunately, this won't happen until sometime next year, as most of my time is going to an Android version now.

I'm marking this ticket as PFE (Potential Future Enhancement) and will return to it later.

Let me know if there is anything else.

[Srijan Kumar]

Great thanks. Looking forward to see the enhancement when it is out.

[gnosygnu]

Ok. Thanks for confirming

[Srijan Kumar]

Can you give a temporary fix for this bug and https://sourceforge.net/p/xowa/tickets/356/ by simply disabling the new page feature (check if the page exists already, if not, then give an error message), and thereby taking care of both the bugs at the same time. Then you can push this change in the next version that you release, and work on fixing it properly when you get time next year.

[gnosygnu]

Thanks again for the idea. I replied in that ticket.