Bug 493729

Summary:	New files should be automaticlly stored on close and reopen on start.
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	Christoph Thielecke <crissi99>
Component:	application	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	waqar.17a
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	23.08.5
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Christoph Thielecke 2024-09-27 11:48:57 UTC

When kate has an new file while closing the application it requests to save it.

It would be nice to have the same behavior as on notepad++:
It don't asks the user on close for save new file(s), they are just saved in the application directory on a temporary filename and restore them on start.
This is very useful in case of interruption (reboot, crash, end of work, ...)

This should be enabled by a setting like "Save unsaved file(s) on open".

Comment 1 Christoph Thielecke 2024-09-27 11:59:03 UTC

*** Bug 493730 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Waqar Ahmed 2024-09-27 12:20:30 UTC

1. Start using sessions functionality in Kate, create named sessions
2. See Sessions page in settings. Set your options there. Specifically "startup/shutdown behaviour" is what you want.

The feature is not that old so it might not be 100% reliable yet.

Comment 3 Waqar Ahmed 2024-09-27 12:21:37 UTC

Also, use a newer package, 24.08 or newer. The version you have is too old so it will be a lot buggier. We have appimages and flatpak support

Comment 4 Christoph Thielecke 2024-09-27 12:41:12 UTC

(In reply to Waqar Ahmed from comment #2)
> 1. Start using sessions functionality in Kate, create named sessions
> 2. See Sessions page in settings. Set your options there. Specifically
> "startup/shutdown behaviour" is what you want.
> 
> The feature is not that old so it might not be 100% reliable yet.

Nice! I did not see that.

Comment 5 Christoph Thielecke 2024-09-27 12:43:41 UTC

(In reply to Waqar Ahmed from comment #3)
> Also, use a newer package, 24.08 or newer. The version you have is too old
> so it will be a lot buggier. We have appimages and flatpak support

I had the ubuntu repo package installed.
After flatpak install it won't run by calling kate, it seems something is broken.
I could run it only by: "flatpak run org.kde.kate".

Can you check the flatpak package please?

Comment 6 Waqar Ahmed 2024-09-27 12:46:51 UTC

Not sure that is in my hands. You can create an alias for it in your bashrc file. Maybe removing distro package will allow you to call 'kate' directly.