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Line breaks in index file causes longform panel to stop recognizing scenes or entire project

Open ameinias opened this issue 3 months ago • 0 comments

Versions Longform version: 2.1.0 Obsidian version: 1.9.12 OS [e.g. macOS, Windows, iOS, Android]: Windows Theme: minimal Other plugins that you think might be relevant here: Sync, Git

Describe the bug Every day or two (long continuous use) the longform panel stops recognizing the project or its scenes. I've learned that some of my chapter titles of 3+ words are somehow getting linebreaks added in, which breaks the YAML so the index file is no longer recognized or is distorting the chapter order.

At one point to bug fix, I made a renamed duplicate of the index file, and longform switched to recognizing that instead.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Have obsidian open.
  2. Click on longform panel
  3. Project is missing, or longform is asking to re-add all or most chapters.

Expected behavior I expect the scene order and project to be how I left it.

Screenshots Will add next time it happens.

Additional context I have Git and Sync installed, I assume it's due to one of them because it will happen mid session, but it's definitely not happening every time it syncs or backs up.

I've been able to fix the issue by opening the version history of the version file and rolling back to a non-broken version, or editing the index file by hand. But this happens so frequently it is messing up my writing workflow.

ameinias avatar Sep 21 '25 14:09 ameinias