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fountain-export doesn't overwrite existing PDF file
Running fountain-export doesn't overwrite an existing PDF, even if I answer with y to the prompt.
Emacs v29.2 Troff v1.23.0
I can't reproduce this. Are you sure you're not seeing an outdated duplicate buffer? e.g. script.pdf vs script.pdf<2>
I can confirm it's not a duplicate buffer. The file is not modified on disk.
Do you need any more information? I'm not exactly sure where the issue could be coming from.
This is weird. Okay to debug, try the following:
- start Emacs with
emacs -Q -
M-x load-file RET path/to/fountain-mode.el - open and export your script
How are you verifying the file has not modified on disk? What OS are you on?
Using emacs -Q seems to have fixed the issue, just unsure why it isn't working with my normal init.
To check file has not been modified, I've been checking the Date Modified metadata tag. Interestingly, when I run fountain-export, the file is modified, but the content of the file doesn't change.
I'm running MacOS 14.3. Also using Doom Emacs.
Okay that isolates it to something in your config so I’ll close this. Sorry can’t be of more help.
Looking into it more, it looks like the *Fountain troff output* is created correctly, just something happening between troff generation and PDF generation. Debugging with edebug didn't help much either. Completely lost here.
It’s a weird one. But if it can’t be reproduced with emacs -Q there’s not much I can do sorry.