leo-editor

If $(HOME)/.leo/.leoRecentFiles.txt does not exist, the only recent file ever is the current file

Bug #971171 reported by SegundoBob
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
leo-editor
Invalid
Medium
Edward K. Ream
leo-editor 4.10.1-b1

Bug Description

This is a problem for new installations, but it probably is not noticed by long-time users of Leo-Editor because for them $(HOME)/.leo/.leoRecentFiles.txt does exist. I noticed the problem because I installed a new operating system and hence made a new home directory.

Beginning with some, probably recent, version, Leo-Editor stopped creating $(HOME)/.leo/.leoRecentFiles.txt. Hence, if the recent files file does not exist, it is never created and Leo-Editor always presents a recent files menu containing only the current file.

Work Around:
With Leo-Editor not running, create a zero length file $(HOME)/.leo/.leoRecentFiles.txt.

This is tricky under Windows because File Explorer does NOT let you enter a file name that begins with a period. You can get around it by using the command line and standard-out redirection:

echo >.leoRecentFiles.txt

Test System:
Leo-Editor Rev 5220

Multiple OSes:
openSUSE 12.1 with XFCE desktop
Ubuntu 11.10 with Fluxbox window manager
Windows XP

Leo Log Window
Leo 4.10 final, build 5220, 2012-03-30 12:49:20
Python 2.7.2, qt version 4.7.4
linux2
setting leoID from os.getenv('USER'): 'bob02'
load dir: /home/ldi/bzr/LeoLatest/leo/core
global config dir: /home/ldi/bzr/LeoLatest/leo/config
home dir: /home/bob02
reading settings in /home/ldi/bzr/LeoLatest/leo/config/leoSettings.leo
reading settings in /home/bob02/.leo/myLeoSettings.leo
reading settings in /media/datw1/BobH/1/Leo/Leo.leo
reading: /media/datw1/BobH/1/Leo/Leo.leo

Revision history for this message
Edward K. Ream (edreamleo) wrote : Re: [Bug 971171] [NEW] If $(HOME)/.leo/.leoRecentFiles.txt does not exist, the only recent file ever is the current file

On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 6:55 PM, SegundoBob <email address hidden> wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> This is a problem for new installations, but it probably is not noticed by long-time users of Leo-Editor...

> Beginning with some, probably recent, version, Leo-Editor stopped creating $(HOME)/.leo/.leoRecentFiles.txt.  Hence, if the recent files file does not exist, it is never created and Leo-Editor always presents a recent files menu containing only the current file.

Thanks for this detailed and helpful report. I'll fix it soon, probably today.

Edward

Changed in leo-editor:
importance: Undecided → Low
assignee: nobody → Edward K. Ream (edreamleo)
milestone: none → 4.10.1-b1
Edward K. Ream (edreamleo)
Changed in leo-editor:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Low → Medium
Revision history for this message
Edward K. Ream (edreamleo) wrote :

It works for me. That is, Leo writes ~/.leo/leoRecentFiles.txt if it doesn't exist. It's possible that without that file some recent files are lost, but that's a nit.

Changed in leo-editor:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
Revision history for this message
SegundoBob (bhossley) wrote :

Rev 6053 running under Xubuntu 12.04. This bug has been fixed.
Rev 6051 running under Windows XP. This bug has been fixed.

This bug was probably fixed long ago. I did not test for it between the time I reported it and today.

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