Bug 467168

Summary:	KWrite forgets file history
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	thwrnr0
Component:	kwrite	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	christoph
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	22.12.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description thwrnr0 2023-03-10 19:20:25 UTC

SUMMARY
KWrite forgets file history after 1-2 days. I tried to set it to remember 60 recent files and never remove unused data, but it had no effect. The problem appeared after recent system update.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open another file every day in Kwrite
2. Check File -> recent files history

OBSERVED RESULT
Some files disappear from history (I don't remember the order of opening the files)

EXPECTED RESULT
All the opened files are shown in history

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 6.2.1-1-default
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8

Comment 1 thwrnr0 2023-03-17 17:47:33 UTC

I've noticed that it happens after I open a text file from Dolphin. After that, only the opened text file remains in the recent files history.

Comment 2 Christoph Cullmann 2023-04-17 18:55:12 UTC

Can not reproduce that with 22.12.3 in either Kate nor KWrite, tried the trick to open a file via Dolphin, still works as intended here.

Comment 3 thwrnr0 2023-04-17 20:23:03 UTC

(In reply to Christoph Cullmann from comment #2)
> Can not reproduce that with 22.12.3 in either Kate nor KWrite, tried the
> trick to open a file via Dolphin, still works as intended here.

I tried to remove all lists of recent files from ~/.config/kwriterc. There were two separate lists of recent files and one list of recent URLs. Now my list of recent files is growing normally. Let's see if the problem has been fixed. The new list is absent from kwriterc, by the way, i.e., it's stored somewhere else.

Comment 4 thwrnr0 2023-04-18 00:36:44 UTC

Cleaning of ~/.config/kwriterc didn't help. I've just opened a .txt file from Dolphin and my file history has been emptied.

Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2023-05-03 03:46:17 UTC

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Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2023-05-18 03:46:14 UTC

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
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