1 files changed, 28 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/desktop/modules/notes/NotesModule.qml b/desktop/modules/notes/NotesModule.qml
index 082f02c..992cbfa 100644
--- a/desktop/modules/notes/NotesModule.qml
+++ b/desktop/modules/notes/NotesModule.qml
@@ -150,27 +150,38 @@ Module {
         if (done) done(ok, ok ? "" : mod.dbView.saveError);
     }
 
-    // A note body. notes.sh keeps the title out of the file, so this is the
-    // body and nothing else. setText writes the path directly and needs no
-    // prior load; reading the file back is what would need one, and nothing
-    // here reads it back.
-    property FileView bodyView: FileView {
-        blockWrites: true
-        printErrors: false
-        property string saveError: ""
-        onSaved: saveError = ""
-        onSaveFailed: error => {
-            console.warn("notes: note body write failed:", error);
-            saveError = "the note's file could not be written";
+    // A note body, written through a Process rather than a FileView.
+    // FileView.setText() with EMPTY text on a path that view has not loaded
+    // writes no file at all and reports no error, which is how a note created
+    // with an empty body ended up in db.json with no file beside it. cat reads
+    // stdin, so any content and any length works, including none, and the exit
+    // code is the real outcome. Clearing stdinEnabled after the write is what
+    // gives cat its EOF.
+    property Process bodyWriter: Process {
+        stdinEnabled: true
+        property string data: ""
+        property var done: null
+        property string err: ""
+        onStarted: {
+            mod.bodyWriter.write(mod.bodyWriter.data);
+            mod.bodyWriter.stdinEnabled = false;
+        }
+        onExited: code => {
+            const d = mod.bodyWriter.done;
+            mod.bodyWriter.done = null;
+            if (d) d(code === 0, code === 0 ? "" : (mod.bodyWriter.err || "the note's file could not be written"));
         }
+        stderr: StdioCollector { onStreamFinished: mod.bodyWriter.err = this.text }
     }
 
     function writeBody(path, text, done) {
-        mod.bodyView.path = path;
-        mod.bodyView.saveError = "";
-        mod.bodyView.setText(text);
-        const ok = mod.bodyView.saveError === "";
-        if (done) done(ok, ok ? "" : mod.bodyView.saveError);
+        mod.bodyWriter.done = done;
+        mod.bodyWriter.data = text;
+        mod.bodyWriter.err = "";
+        mod.bodyWriter.command = ["sh", "-c", 'cat > "$1"', "sh", path];
+        mod.bodyWriter.stdinEnabled = true;
+        mod.bodyWriter.running = false;
+        mod.bodyWriter.running = true;
     }
 
     // The path of a note's body, "" when the entry's file is not a plain