Bug 472981

Summary:	on opening KATE, can't see paths or other differences between files
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	David Chmelik <dchmelik>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	christoph
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	23.04.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/commit/ff7e64beaac1f086d6feb5ab47390c59094107f6	Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description David Chmelik 2023-08-04 00:33:40 UTC

On opening KATE, in the screen that shows files you used to be editing and asks what you want to do, you can't see paths or other differences between files.  Sometimes we have several files named the same and no way to know which is which (because two users sharing account have some named same and all also on always-on backup drives they sometimes forget to not edit).

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Start KATE and look at introduction screen (without automatically reopening a saved session).

OBSERVED RESULT
Can't see paths or differences between files (such as of same name).

EXPECTED RESULT
Option to always show paths or some way to see differences.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Neon 5.27 22.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.6
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.108.0
Qt Version: 5.15.10

Comment 1 Christoph Cullmann 2023-08-04 18:10:34 UTC

We show the full name in the tool tip at the moment.

Comment 2 David Chmelik 2023-08-05 04:30:57 UTC

(In reply to Christoph Cullmann from comment #1)
> We show the full name in the tool tip at the moment.

That works for me personally but doesn't seem to necessarily work for the users I help: I don't think they know/use tooltips unless they show up automatically merely when opening a program... so apparently they miss those and open/edit files from backup drives.

Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2023-09-24 18:28:01 UTC

A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/merge_requests/1308

Comment 4 Christoph Cullmann 2023-09-25 10:47:14 UTC

Git commit ff7e64beaac1f086d6feb5ab47390c59094107f6 by Christoph Cullmann.
Committed on 24/09/2023 at 20:27.
Pushed by cullmann into branch 'master'.

show a xxx.yyy @ dir representation in the welcome page

M  +1    -11   apps/lib/katemainwindow.cpp
M  +16   -0    apps/lib/ktexteditor_utils.cpp
M  +5    -0    apps/lib/ktexteditor_utils.h
M  +4    -5    apps/lib/welcomeview/recentitemsmodel.cpp

https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/commit/ff7e64beaac1f086d6feb5ab47390c59094107f6