Thanks. I tried trashing the cache and even deleting the entire configuration folder. No joy.
But now I think I have the solution after a lot of time debugging (thanks Adobe).
1) The problem is caused by a specific HTML file. (Though I have had different ones cause this in the past months. Presumably they have something in common).
2) If I start DW, preview is fine. Once I try the problem file however, NO files can be previewed until I restart DW
3) With the problem file, no 'tmp' file gets created
4) I have CSE HTML validator. If I open the problem file in that, I can preview the page in my browser. So it's not as if the page kills the browser.
So what is it in the problem file that causes the problem?
Well the file is a Wordpress file with a "Thesis" theme, and one of the external CSS files has a long comment:
/*
File: custom.css
Description: Custom styles for Thesis
BASIC USAGE:
If you have enabled the custom stylesheet in the Thesis options panel, the <body> tag
will be appended with the "custom" class, like so: <body class="custom">. You can use
the "custom" class to override *any* CSS declarations contained in the style.css file.
For example, if you wish to change the default link color to green, you would add the
following declarations to this file:
.custom a, .custom a:visited { color: #090; } <--- This makes links green
.custom a:hover { color: #00f; } <--- This makes links blue when you mouse over them
WHY THIS WORKS:
By using the "custom" class, you are creating more specific CSS declarations for HTML
elements. CSS styling is applied through rules of specificity, and because declarations
prepended with .custom are more specific, they get applied when the page is rendered!
More information about styling your Thesis installation using this file can be found
in the User's Guide:
http://diythemes.com/thesis/rtfm/customizing-thesis-with-customcss/
*/
If I remove that comment, DW does not screw up.
Adobe - is anyone there? This is a bug. Can it be fixed?
