[Therion] compiling error

[Gareth Davies]

The solution you mention has indeed worked.

thanks g.


On Mon, 6 Jan 2020, 09:14 Tarquin Wilton-Jones via Therion, <
therion at speleo.sk> wrote:

> On 22/12/2019 18:13, Gareth Davies wrote:
> > I'm getting the same error every time I compile. it doesn't seem to
> > effect the process as the PDF appears to be creating correctly.. Anyhow
> > other than being annoying it means I have to switch views constantly so
> > any thoughts?
> >
> > ##################### end of pdftex log file #####################
> > done
> > writing xtherion file ...
> > C:\Program Files (x86)\Therion\therion.exe: warning -- can't open
> > xtherion file for output -- Plan.thconfig.xth
> > compilation time: 1 sec
>
> GOT IT!
>
> This is a weird one indeed, and very definitely a bug or set of bugs in
> Therion.
>
> Your .xtherion.dat file (a log file created by Therion when it compiles)
> has the "Hidden" flag set on Windows, something it gets automatically on
> Linux by having a dot at the start of the name, except you're not using
> Linux. I don't know how that happened, since you never set it yourself.
> Maybe it has something to do with how you shared the files between
> computers using the PCloud service?...
>
> When .xtherion.dat has the "Hidden" flag set, Therion thinks it cannot
> write to it (even though it actually can, since the Read-Only flag is
> not set), so it doesn't output anything to that file, and throws an
> error. The error has the wrong message, since it claims not to be able
> to create Plan.thconfig.xth, when it actually did create that temporary
> file just fine.
>
> To fix it for yourself, right click on the .xtherion.dat file. Select
> "Properties". Untick the "Hidden" checkbox. Click OK. Problem solved.
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