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I closed all tabs, click-closed PB window (to be sure to quit properly) and voila'!
Now always quits properly (after """reopening""" files, when using ⌘Q etc.)!!!

Note: STILL HANGS if I close all tabs and then use ⌘Q !!! (621 sequoia)
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PB v6.21 und macOS Sequoia 15.5

If no files are open and only one or more empty tabs are open, the IDE crashes when quitting with the keyboard.

Weird… here it also hangs if I close all tabs and open a file that's NOT in the source directory, even if I try to quit closing the window!

If the "1st opened" file is in the source directory (top level) and I keep it open, then I can open files from anywhere without quit problems!

It happened again (sometimes restarting Mac helped… but later hangs came back………)

So ( ): I assigned ⌘Q to Quit on PB prefs/shortcuts (it was empty)

Now ⌘Q does nothing but closing the window and quitting via menu always work…
…at least for now…

Because error not really found, but a patch found...

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One more small adjustment patch 2
From the logic, the error should not occur. Guess it's because of the external scintilla library callback when the parent window is closed.

Only for macOS Intel ...
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mk-soft wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 9:47 ammacOS

It seems it's the "1st opened" of the current files that counts, and that files can get """corrupted"""
I guess PB sometimes "marks" them (on file beginning?) in a way that makes them """behave like a new empty file""" on quit………
It must also have to do with the menu-shortcut-windowClose-quit events management; probably PB "hijacks" the """default OS ⌘Q""" improperly, sometimes causing "event chaos": I tried assigning ⌃Q (ctrl-Q) and it STOPPED WORKING very soon………

If you did a lot of testing like me, better clean PB hang logs into /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports and
run Disk Utility's First Aid AT LEAST TWICE IF IT FINDS SOMETHING (use/read "show details", even if it says it's OK when finished)
Pay special attention to the Data volume report (see below if you cannot find it)

If warnings (or errors) don't get fixed:
Boot into Recovery Mode
Open Disk Utility
From the menu, select View -> Show All Devices
In the side bar, unhide all clicking the little ">"s and select the Data volume
Run First Aid
Once finished, run First Aid on the other Volumes, then their parent Container, and then the Disk itself
Run First Aid again on the user data volume to check if the warning persists

I had just a warning, and I think/hope the hangs/bug do not cause bad file corruption, but sometimes a mac restart did help for *SOME* files, probably because they were left as "busy" on force quit: another thing to consider for debugging…

All too elaborate ...

You can also load the PureBasicIDE from GitHub and search for the error yourself in debug mode.

mk-soft wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:17 pm All too elaborate ...

You can also load the PureBasicIDE from GitHub and search for the error yourself in debug mode.

I understand you, but IF I'm right, this is a nasty bug that causes a cascade of bad consequences, making debug hard:
⌘Q —> """corrupted""" files —> IDE problems……
…and really fixing all this kind of problems MAY require a big revision of the Mac IDE (weird example: ⌘V does not work on PB save dialogs)

I noticed some other things I hope will be useful:

"Quit (PureBasic)" and "Preferences (Settings…)" seem to be on "File" menu when you assign a shortcut, but they are not…
Maybe that's why you cannot assign a (different) shortcut to them and/or weird things may happen…

Also:
I have ⌘H assigned to "Edit/Replace…"
I see "⌘H" in MENU "PureBasic/Hide PureBasic", but NOT in "Edit/Replace…"
If I use ⌘H, after closing the replace dialog, I see "⌘H" in "Edit/Replace…"
After Quitting and Reopening PB, IT HAPPENS AGAIN!
If I remove "⌘H" in preferences, it just hides PB as supposed…
Reminder (already reported): I see ⌥/ as ⌥D (US keyboard, on MENU) but it works and it's shown as "alt-divide" on prefs