Autoplot is stuck on the splash screen

[Maтвей Замятин]

[Jeremy]

What version of Java is this, and Windows, Mac or Linux?  Also how are you launching Autoplot--using the single-jar or one of the .dmg or .exe releases?  Last, it's possible you have a misformatted recent bookmarks list.  Could you move ~/autoplot_data (in your home directory) to ~/autoplot_data.bak and see if it initializes properly (creating a new ~/autoplot_data)?

Jeremy

On Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 9:01:26 AM UTC-5 matv...@icloud.com wrote:

[Maтвей Замятин]

Windows 11 Pro
Java 8

My action plan:

1. Downloaded the .exe from the link: https://autoplot.org/latest/

2. Unpacked it into the Program Files folder

3. Used it for 2 days while it worked

4. One fine day, Autoplot started showing only the splash screen

5. Unsuccessful attempt to reinstall Autoplot

6. Checked the error logs

среда, 9 апреля 2025 г. в 17:05:45 UTC+3, Jeremy:

[Maтвей Замятин]

Misformatted recent bookmarks list
Fixed it, everything worked. Thanks!

среда, 9 апреля 2025 г. в 17:05:45 UTC+3, Jeremy:

What version of Java is this, and Windows, Mac or Linux?  Also how are you launching Autoplot--using the single-jar or one of the .dmg or .exe releases?  Last, it's possible you have a misformatted recent bookmarks list.  Could you move ~/autoplot_data (in your home directory) to ~/autoplot_data.bak and see if it initializes properly (creating a new ~/autoplot_data)?

[Jeremy]

interesting, let me know if it happens again.  (Or send the file ~/autoplot_data/bookmarks/recent.xml if there's nothing private in there.)  I'll put in code where you hit the error, catching it, since I'd rather it give up trying to load the recent entries than to fail completely.)  

Jeremy