Uncaught TypeError: this.promptToSaveItem(...).then is not a function

[karlhorky]

As per @Ben3eeE, copied from @masajene's original issue atom/atom#15205:

Atom: 1.19.0 x64
Electron: 1.6.9
OS: Mac OS X 10.12.6
Thrown From: Atom Core

Stack Trace

Uncaught TypeError: this.promptToSaveItem(...).then is not a function

At /Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/src/pane.js:709

TypeError: this.promptToSaveItem(...).then is not a function
    at Pane.module.exports.Pane.destroyItem (/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/src/pane.js:709:52)
    at Pane.module.exports.Pane.destroyActiveItem (/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/src/pane.js:683:18)
    at Workspace.closeActivePaneItemOrEmptyPaneOrWindow (/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/src/workspace.js:1703:48)
    at HTMLElement.core:close (/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/src/register-default-commands.js:233:38)
    at CommandRegistry.module.exports.CommandRegistry.handleCommandEvent (/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/src/command-registry.js:265:35)
    at /Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/src/command-registry.js:3:65
    at KeymapManager.module.exports.KeymapManager.dispatchCommandEvent (/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/atom-keymap/lib/keymap-manager.js:610:22)
    at KeymapManager.module.exports.KeymapManager.handleKeyboardEvent (/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/atom-keymap/lib/keymap-manager.js:401:28)
    at WindowEventHandler.module.exports.WindowEventHandler.handleDocumentKeyEvent (/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/src/window-event-handler.js:100:42)
    at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/src/window-event-handler.js:3:65)

Commands

     -0:02.1.0 core:close (input.hidden-input)

Non-Core Packages

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atom-html-preview 0.1.22 
atom-jade 0.3.0 
atom-jshint 2.0.0 
atom-terminal-panel 4.4.4 
atom-typescript 11.0.6 
autocomplete-paths 1.0.5 
build 0.68.0 
busy 0.7.0 
busy-signal 1.4.3 
coffee-compile 0.26.0 
color-picker 2.2.5 
docblockr 0.11.0 
editorconfig 2.2.2 
emmet 2.4.3 
file-icons 2.1.10 
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japanese-menu 1.13.0 
japanese-wrap 0.2.7 
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linter-jshint 3.1.5 
linter-php 1.3.2 
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merge-conflicts 1.4.5 
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sass-autocompile 0.13.3 
save-session 0.16.0 
tag 0.5.0 
terminal-plus 0.14.5 
tool-bar 1.1.0 
tool-bar-main 0.0.10 
tool-bar-markdown-writer 0.3.0 

[karlhorky]

@creky and I were also having this issue.

[lbineau]

+1

[will-ashworth]

I'm also having this issue. Noticed it over the past couple of weeks.

[uchuugaka]

This has been persistent for a good long while.

[adamlwgriffiths]

It's a sad statement about the ecosystem, when my primary text editor breaks itself every few days. Seriously guys...

[bjrmatos]

@adamlwgriffiths just uninstall the package, as the README says, the functionality is already built-in in atom, i can confirm that.. uninstall it solved the problem for me and everything is working as before.

[karlhorky]

Yeah, maybe this package should be unpublished / deleted. Or at least for versions later than the Atom where it's available in core (if that's even possible?)

[bjrmatos]

i guess it is possible by specifying some kind of metadata to engines.atom but it would require a maintainer interaction which it is likely not gonna happen because the maintainer seems inactive on github for a while.

[uchuugaka]

I think I did eventually, in my quest to purge things that were perf issues.

[adamlwgriffiths]

I did manually uninstall it when I figured out it was a package.
Usability is really important, and part of that is ensuring a seamless, error-free, experience. But issues like this leave a sour taste in my mouth. Manually updating and managing applications that should be self-managing is the reason I ditched Linux long ago.