Brackets blanked out

[cfjedimaster]

While working on an Ionic app this morning, my Brackets window went completely blank:

I can't open the dev tools to see what went wrong.

[cfjedimaster]

No menu option works - reload or quit even.

[redmunds]

@cfjedimaster Clearing your cache folder should get you going again.

[cfjedimaster]

I ended up killing Brackets and restarting it. Are you saying that would have worked while it was running?

[redmunds]

No, you need to shutdown Brackets first, clear caches, and then restart Brackets.

[cfjedimaster]

Ah - well it didn't return. Not yet anyway. :)

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No, you need to shutdown Brackets first, clear caches, and then restart Brackets.

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[redmunds]

That article explains deleting the Brackets/cefdata folder. I think the culprit is the state.json file in the Brackets folder. If deleting that file doesn't fix it, try deleting entire Brackets folder.

[peterflynn]

@redmunds This looks like a full native crash, so I'm not as hopeful that clearing prefs would help.

Ionic has been implicated in several JS Code Hints out-of-memory crashes in the past. Those should be much harder to hit with the Tern timeout guard we have now... but that'd be my guess as to the cause.

@cfjedimaster Are you able to share the source for the project you had open when this happened? Also, do you remember what file you had open and approximately where in the file you were working?

[cfjedimaster]

I am - this isn't 100% the same as I modified it a bit while finishing the project, but it was about 80% done when the blank occurred.

https://github.com/cfjedimaster/Cordova-Examples/tree/master/multiimageselect1/www

On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 2:41 AM, Peter Flynn notifications@github.com wrote:

@redmunds https://github.com/redmunds This looks like a full native crash, so I'm not as hopeful that clearing prefs would help.

Ionic has been implicated in several JS Code Hints out-of-memory crashes in the past. Those should be much harder to hit with the Tern timeout guard we have now... but that'd be my guess as to the cause.

@cfjedimaster https://github.com/cfjedimaster Are you able to share the source for the project you had open when this happened? Also, do you remember what file you had open and approximately where in the file you were working?

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[nethip]

@peterflynn By full native crash you mean render process crash right?. Because it looks like it is a render process crash/hang.

@cfjedimaster Have you installed any extensions? If yes, you could uninstall them and see if you are still seeing the issue. If you have already followed @redmunds 's suggestion of deleting the Brackets folder, ignore this step.

[cfjedimaster]

I haven't seen this again since the original report.

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 3:52 AM, Prashanth Nethi notifications@github.com wrote:

@peterflynn https://github.com/peterflynn By full native crash you mean render process crash right?. Because it looks like it is a render process crash/hang.

@cfjedimaster https://github.com/cfjedimaster Have you installed any extensions? If yes, you could uninstall them and see if you are still seeing the issue. If you have already followed @redmunds https://github.com/redmunds 's suggestion of deleting the Brackets folder, ignore this step.

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[prksingh]

@cfjedimaster I think you may have moved the folder (from the link). Can you provide a new link? Also what version of Mac OS are you using?

I will try to reproduce the issue if I can and close it if I can't.

[cfjedimaster]

Here ya go: https://github.com/cfjedimaster/Cordova-Examples/tree/master/multiimageselect

[cfjedimaster]

Holy smokes - I see it again. OSX Yosemite.

[cfjedimaster]

Ok, killed Brackets, cleared cache, and restarted. Once again it was an Ionic/Angular app (this time under MobileFirst).

[prksingh]

@nethip is on Yosemite. @nethip Can you try reproducing this?

[cfjedimaster]

Well, it happened to me again - and this time I lost work (well, maybe 3 lines ;). It was an Ionic app. About 5 minutes earlier, I got the message I normally get about... inferance I think? Yeah I spelled that wrong but I forget the exact error. I tend to get it with Ionic/Angular apps.

[cfjedimaster]

I don't think I've ever seen this with Brackets before. It must be something unique to this version?

[cfjedimaster]

Ok, the issue I mentioned earlier is "JavaScript File Inference Problem". The file seems random. This time it is ionic-angular.js - but last time it was another Ionic file.

[cfjedimaster]

And yet another pop up for JS File Inference, angular-ui-router.min.js. I have to say, even if Brackets wasn't "blanking out", this would be annoying.

[cfjedimaster]

And another one - now my controllers file. Sorry to fill this bug with these notes, but, I figure if they are annoying me and possibly related to the issue it makes sense to log them.

[cfjedimaster]

Wow, not only one, but two. I was away from Brackets for about 5 minutes and two cropped up.

[cfjedimaster]

And it is gone again. I'm going to have to stop using Brackets until I can get this fixed.

[nethip]

@cfjedimaster Sorry that you are not able to use Brackets because of these crashes. I know @peterflynn has suggested above that this might not be related to code hints. But just to rule out any possibility could you give it another try be disabling JS code hint and see if you are still seeing these issues? Link to work with preferences in Brackets is https://github.com/adobe/brackets/wiki/How-to-Use-Brackets#preferences .

codehint.JSHints is the preference that needs to be set to false to disable java script code hints.

Really sorry to having to deal with this.

[cfjedimaster]

Ok, I've added it. Literally within the first five seconds of opening Brackets I got an inference error. :\

I've added the pref and reloaded. To be clear, I assume we agree this is not a fix. I should be able to use an Angular project w/o Brackets constantly throwing alerts about this. I never had this, or the 'blank out' problem before so something seems seriously wrong with this recent build.

On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 10:37 PM, Prashanth Nethi notifications@github.com wrote:

@cfjedimaster https://github.com/cfjedimaster Sorry that you are not able to use Brackets because of these crashes. I know @peterflynn https://github.com/peterflynn has suggested above that this might not be related to code hints. But just to rule out any possibility could you give it another try be disabling JS code hint and see if you are still seeing these issues? Link to work with preferences in Brackets is https://github.com/adobe/brackets/wiki/How-to-Use-Brackets#preferences .

codehint.JSHints is the preference that needs to be set to false to disable java script code hints.

Really sorry to having to deal with this.

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[cfjedimaster]

Btw, I assume me providing updates is useful - if not - tell me. So - back to my Angular project - and about 10 minutes in - I get another Inference error. I cannot stress how annoying those errors are. Is there a way to tell Brackets to not try to parse *.min.js files?

[cfjedimaster]

Ok, I spoke too soon. The error says the file to edit. Does jscodehints.detectedExclusions support regex? Can I do *.min.js? Can i set this in my global preferences?

[nethip]

@cfjedimaster Sure! These updates are definently helpful in trying to understand the problem. Disabling the JS code hint part was just to isolate the issue so that we know if this is the module that is causing the error and if we have to work on that module alone to attack this issue. Just so that we are on the same page, are you getting these inference error messages after disabling code hints?

[ryanstewart]

@cfjedimaster you should be able to - https://github.com/adobe/brackets/wiki/JavaScript-Code-Hints#configuration - but I haven't tried it.

Let us know if this fixes the problem. We may want to add some iconic files to the automatically excluded list.

[ryanstewart]

@cfjedimaster this might also help - https://github.com/adobe/brackets/wiki/JavaScript-Code-Hints#javascript-file-inference-problem

[cfjedimaster]

Yes, even with code hinting disabled, I get inference errors. I have not, however, gotten the blank screen issue.

On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 1:32 AM, Prashanth Nethi notifications@github.com wrote:

@cfjedimaster https://github.com/cfjedimaster Sure! These updates are definently helpful in trying to understand the problem. Disabling the JS code hint part was just to isolate the issue so that we know if this is the module that is causing the error and if we have to work on that module alone to attack this issue. Just so that we are on the same page, are you getting these inference error messages after disabling code hints?

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[cfjedimaster]

Ryan, it appears as if this is project only, which means I'd need to add a block for *.min.js in every project (or every Angular project). Is that right?

On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 1:44 AM, Ryan Stewart notifications@github.com wrote:

@cfjedimaster https://github.com/cfjedimaster you should be able to - https://github.com/adobe/brackets/wiki/JavaScript-Code-Hints#configuration

• but I haven't tried it.

Let us know if this fixes the problem. We may want to add some iconic files to the automatically excluded list.

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[ryanstewart]

@peterflynn would it make sense just to add any .min.js file to the file inference exemption list?

[cfjedimaster]

To add to the data - I can leave my 'bad' project and return, and within 30 seconds i get a new inference error. It is no longer updating brackets.json with the files even though it says it is.

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@peterflynn https://github.com/peterflynn would it make sense just to add any .min.js file to the file inference exemption list?

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[cfjedimaster]

Screen shot of last comment:

[marcelgerber]

Apparently, codehint.JSHints doesn't disable JS Hints thoroughly enough. There's only one occurence of that preference, so that other handlers like getHints are still being called (if I got that right). I know that's not the main target, but it may be easier for now rather than trying to find the real culprit.

[cfjedimaster]

Ok guys, it happened again. If you have something else I can do to debug, I will, but outside of that - I can't use Brackets anymore. Really disappointed about this.

[marcelgerber]

What probably helps is moving the entire JavaScriptCodeHints folder out of www/src/extensions/default in the Brackets install folder.

[cfjedimaster]

Ok, I moved it out. Will give Brackets another shot.

Has anyone else been able to replicate this yet?

On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Marcel Gerber notifications@github.com wrote:

What probably helps is moving the entire JavaScriptCodeHints folder out of www/src/extensions/default in the Brackets install folder.

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[MiguelCastillo]

@cfjedimaster i get it quite a bit if I dont have my node_modules folder excluded from Brackets. You cn use this or this. And I also run ternific for my JS code hinting.

[cfjedimaster]

Ok, but I can't imagine I need an extension to make Brackets not crash with an Angular/Ionic app. I'd have to imagine this is hitting a lot of folks will run into this, right?

On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Miguel Castillo notifications@github.com wrote:

@cfjedimaster https://github.com/cfjedimaster i get it quite a bit if I dont have my node_modules folder excluded from Brackets. You cn use this https://github.com/JonathanWolfe/file-tree-exclude or this https://github.com/gruehle/exclude-folders. And I also run ternific https://github.com/MiguelCastillo/Brackets-Ternific for my JS code hinting.

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[MiguelCastillo]

@cfjedimaster in my particular case, i have problems when my node_modules is really dense. there is no native way to completely exclude folders from all processing, so I depend on an extension. I am not sure if that's the same case for you.

[MiguelCastillo]

@cfjedimaster I am not the only one that has this problem unless they exclude node_modules. A couple of folks I work with also have to exclude node_modules, or brackets crashes somewhat regularly.

[leedorian]

Same problem here on lots of javascripts, make brackets crash.

[equinox]

My Angular project just really lags the editor before it gives me a message saying that there's too many files and that the excess will be excluded. After that, it's fine. I was using this to exclude bower and node_modules but for the current release branch of 1.3 it is giving me problems, so it isn't a long-term fix.

[siirila]

I have been seeing behavior that looks to be the same or similar to this issue in an Ionic project that I am working on. Brackets seems to be crashing pretty randomly, and giving "JavaScript File Inference Problem' errors. So far all of the errors have been for files in folders under plugins/cordova-plugin-device/

I'm trying out the suggestion of using an extension to exclude my node_modules folder, but I would prefer to not have to do that just to use Brackets with Ionic and/or Cordova.

[nethip]

@siirila You might want to up-vote this trello card that might fix some of the issues by doing file exclusions.

[siirila]

Even after excluding the node_modules folder I am still seeing this problem that is eventually causing Brackets to crash. It is also now showing inference problems in files outside of the cordova files, so I don't think it is tied to that behavior at all.

It looks like I won't be able to use Brackets for development, at least of Ionic apps, until this issue is resolved.

[cfjedimaster]

I'm in the same boat. As most of my work lately is Ionic/Cordova, I've had to stop using Brackets. I want to return of course. :)

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 11:00 AM, siirila notifications@github.com wrote:

Even after excluding the node_modules folder I am still seeing this problem that is eventually causing Brackets to crash. It is also now showing inference problems in files outside of the cordova files, so I don't think it is tied to that behavior at all.

It looks like I won't be able to use Brackets for development, at least of Ionic apps, until this issue is resolved.

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[leedorian]

Updated to 1.3, but it said brackets is a light weight editor, do not use it on "large project" https://github.com/adobe/brackets/wiki/Large-Projects. It's just a replacement of notepad? Can not and will not use it in a short time.

[nethip]

@leedorian Sorry about not being able to work on large projects inside Brackets. Brackets is a light weight code editor and we strive hard to keep it that way. Supporting large projects is only going slow down Brackets. May I ask, how big is your project (no of files, node_modules e.t.c.), that you are currently working on?

We do disable some features like code hinting/find in files, while working with large projects. Could you tell us, disabling which of the features, because of the large nature of the project, is stopping you from using Brackets?

@leedorian @cfjedimaster Please up-vote this trello card that could help us prioritize this issue. Thanks!