SUMMARY When KBibTex has previously had multiple "open" .bib files, starting KBibTex on 1 particular .bib file (whether by passing as command line argument or double-clicking a .bib file in e.g. Dolphin) doesn't result in that file's entries being displayed. Instead, the displayed entries are from the file which happens to be listed first in Open Files. The user has to select his desired .bib file in the Open Files tab. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open KBibTex. Close any .bib files listed in Open Files. Then open test1.bib and test2.bib. Open Files lists those 2 files, in that order. 2. Close KBibTex. 3. Double-click on test2.bib in Dolphin, or run "kbibtex test2.bib". OBSERVED RESULT test1.bib's entries are displayed. In Open Files, test1.bib is selected. The user must select test2.bib to view its entries. EXPECTED RESULT test2.bib's entries are displayed. In Open Files, test2.bib is selected. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.17.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.64.0 Qt Version: 5.13.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I think I understand KBibTeX's terminology w/r/t "open" vs. "closed" files -- "open" files are the ones that KBibTex automatically loads when the program starts. The 1st opened file, the one at the top of the Open Files tab, is the one that's displayed by default. But when I start KBibTex by clicking on a particular .bib file, I'd like that .bib file to be displayed, not whichever file happens to be listed first in Open Files. Minor point, but saves me an extra click.
I can confirm this bug. At the same time, I shall look into that, even if KBibTeX is launched without command line arguments, among the restored-open files the one gets activated that was active when KBibTeX's last session was closed.
Please have a look at the following commit if it fixes your problem: https://commits.kde.org/clones/kbibtex/thomasfischer/kbibtex/b6d8cdda7f79c25798dd85ecdc59be89079c950f You can test this code without interfering with your default KBibTeX installation by following the "quick start" instructions: https://userbase.kde.org/KBibTeX/Development#Quick_Start_to_Run_KBibTeX_from_Git To test the Git version containing the fix for your bug, please run the following command: bash run-kbibtex.sh https://anongit.kde.org/clones/kbibtex/thomasfischer/kbibtex.git bugs/kde417164 YOURBIBFILENAME
Tried it, works. Thank you!
Git commit ce455dfd2ebb01b5685fb4a02615d95711f582a9 by Thomas Fischer. Committed on 06/02/2020 at 20:43. Pushed by thomasfischer into branch 'kbibtex/0.9'. File URLs passed by command line preceed over LRU At program start, bibliography files may be opened either because their filenames/URLs were passed as command line arguments or because they were open in the previous session. Until now, the actual file being shown to the user was one of the previously opened files as the list of recently opened files was read with a small delay (got referred for unrelated reasons). However, if a user invokes KBibTeX with a file name or URLs as argument, it is reasonable to assume that this file should be shown directly instead of any previously opened files (which still may get opened in the background). This commit also fixes the minor usability issue that if only previously opened files are to be restored (and no command line argument was given), the most recently used/opened bibliography file should be preferrably shown instead of an arbitary one. FIXED-IN: 0.9.2 M +1 -0 ChangeLog M +37 -13 src/program/openfileinfo.cpp M +0 -1 src/program/openfileinfo.h https://commits.kde.org/kbibtex/ce455dfd2ebb01b5685fb4a02615d95711f582a9
Git commit 85b14d2c74cd68cfca922dc8afa11ad7cd0ff234 by Thomas Fischer. Committed on 06/02/2020 at 20:59. Pushed by thomasfischer into branch 'master'. File URLs passed by command line preceed over LRU At program start, bibliography files may be opened either because their filenames/URLs were passed as command line arguments or because they were open in the previous session. Until now, the actual file being shown to the user was one of the previously opened files as the list of recently opened files was read with a small delay (got referred for unrelated reasons). However, if a user invokes KBibTeX with a file name or URLs as argument, it is reasonable to assume that this file should be shown directly instead of any previously opened files (which still may get opened in the background). This commit also fixes the minor usability issue that if only previously opened files are to be restored (and no command line argument was given), the most recently used/opened bibliography file should be preferrably shown instead of an arbitary one. Forward-port of commit f56c52e9baad7f6e5 from branch 'kbibtex/0.10' which in its turn is a forward-port of commit ce455dfd2ebb01b5685fb from branch 'kbibtex/0.9'. M +1 -0 ChangeLog M +37 -10 src/program/openfileinfo.cpp M +1 -1 src/program/openfileinfo.h https://commits.kde.org/kbibtex/85b14d2c74cd68cfca922dc8afa11ad7cd0ff234
Git commit b766c3eee5cd9c70dcf2f8c8bbbff0d8260d2fb8 by Thomas Fischer. Committed on 06/02/2020 at 21:00. Pushed by thomasfischer into branch 'kbibtex/0.10'. File URLs passed by command line preceed over LRU At program start, bibliography files may be opened either because their filenames/URLs were passed as command line arguments or because they were open in the previous session. Until now, the actual file being shown to the user was one of the previously opened files as the list of recently opened files was read with a small delay (got referred for unrelated reasons). However, if a user invokes KBibTeX with a file name or URLs as argument, it is reasonable to assume that this file should be shown directly instead of any previously opened files (which still may get opened in the background). This commit also fixes the minor usability issue that if only previously opened files are to be restored (and no command line argument was given), the most recently used/opened bibliography file should be preferrably shown instead of an arbitary one. Forward-port of commit ce455dfd2ebb01b5685fb from branch 'kbibtex/0.9'. M +1 -0 ChangeLog M +37 -10 src/program/openfileinfo.cpp M +1 -1 src/program/openfileinfo.h https://commits.kde.org/kbibtex/b766c3eee5cd9c70dcf2f8c8bbbff0d8260d2fb8