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Random crashes when compiling LaTeX for presentations #495

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@neuroshock1

I'm using Ipe on Fedora Linux 38 (Workstation), with Gnome 44.9.

I use Ipe all the time to create presentations, using the presentation style sheets, and my presentations often have 30 or more individual slides. I have the setting File>Automatically run Latex switched on, so when adding text boxes or even just saving, Ipe automatically compiles all the Latex.

About one out of every ~50 Latex compiles, meaning every five or ten minutes, Ipe will suddenly crash during a compile, with a segmentation fault. This has me so paranoid that I'm saving my file after every individual step, just in case Ipe crashes, so that I don't lose my work.

I couldn't find any other examples of this particular issue in the Ipe bug tracker.

Also, the stochastic behavior of this problem makes it inherently difficult to reproduce on demand.

I'd like to provide you with a core dump or some other kind of debug file, but I'm not sure which or how. If you can let me know what would be most informative, and how to capture it, I'd be happy to attach it to this bug report. Thanks so much.

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