[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 118740] Occasionally, LO Calc loses blocks of comments.

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118740

--- Comment #7 from George <georgera at gvtc.com> ---
(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #5)
> (In reply to George from comment #4)
> > (In reply to Buovjaga from comment #3)
> > > In essence, do you mean that you have worked with the file, saved, but not
> > > closed and reopened. Then, after the shut down / restart cycle, you notice
> > > the comments were lost?
> > > So basically, you should be able to reproduce it without any lengthy "shut
> > > down, go to sleep, start the next day" -cycle by just doing File - Reload
> > > after saving.
> > 
> >  Today, I tried out your suggestion. I saved the file, made a change in one
> > cell (so I could see if it actually reloads to file) and then attempted to
> > reload the file. Apparently it doesn't reload if the file is already there.
> 
> No, it does reload, if the file is already there. That is the sole purpose
> of the reload functionality. With reload, we are able to quickly see for
> example, if saving to some Microsoft format caused unwanted changes. It is a
> shortcut for closing and reopening a file.
> 
> >  I really do not have time to test over and over using different techniques
> > to replicate this problem and I do NOT wish to have this occur again. When I
> > lose the comments, it really messes up what I am doing. I keep notes on the
> > progress of the clocks throughout the day and night so I can see what they
> > are doing each hour. This keeps the display much simpler when it only
> > showing the results twice a day. The in between times are in those comments.
> >  When I lose those comments, I have much less information to refer to if a
> > problem occurs.
> >  Quite frankly, I have no idea how this stuff works. I just use the
> > spreadsheet as it is and expect it to work properly. When it doesn't, I do
> > try to gather the circumstance and report it so you folks can attempt to
> > work it out so it won't do that.
> 
> Us folks are fellow users trying to figure out a way to reproduce the
> problem, so developers can step in eventually. We suffer from the same lack
> of time as yourself, so it is sort of a balancing act.
> 
> I tried adding one comment, saving and reloading, but the comment did not
> vanish.
> 
> Arch Linux 64-bit
> Version: 6.1.0.3
> Build ID: 6.1.0-2
> CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.18; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3_kde5; 
> Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); Calc: group threaded

 this morning, I loaded up the 'puter and LO Calc. This was VERY close to 7am
and I barely caught the clock chimes. When I got to the "Banjo", I notice the
comments were missing from last night. So I finally got a chance to make a test
by using "File/Reload" before the "Auto save kicked in and before I had time to
"Save" the file as I usually do. What I got after "Reload" was exactly the same
thing. So, it wasn't a failure AFTER I loaded the file, before auto save and
before I manually saved it, it loaded without the comments again using
"Reload". This indicates it was lost when I saved it last night. It always
happened this way before but, I had no definitive proof until now.
 Since this so intermittent, I have no idea how you folks are going to find the
time to have this happen to YOU. It took a few days until this happened to me.

 It's aggravating to me and I hate it.

 If we can't find a fix for this and several other problems with the comment
section, I will be forced to begin trying alternative solutions such as other
spreadsheet programs. So now, I can move on to report other problems with the
"Comment" boxes. It seems almost all the bugs I'm experiencing are in the
comment boxes.

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