New windows when starting BBEdit

[mkowsl]

Since a few weeks, whenever I open BBEdit, I am confronted with two 'untitled text 4 + 5' documents and an 'untitled shell worksheet 4'. I have no clue why this happens and would prefer to not having them opening...

Thanks for help

Regards
Martin

 

[Fletcher Sandbeck]

There's a preference in the Application settings to "Reopen documents that were open on last quit" which you could toggle off but it's a great feature so you probably want it on. I tested toggling it off and then back on again and it cleared out the test documents I left open.

If that doesn't work I'd contact support.

[fletcher]

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[Fletcher Sandbeck]

To be clear I'm suggesting.

Open BBEdit, Settings, Application tab, and toggle the "Reopen documents that were open on last quit" preference off.

Quit and open BBEdit, hopefully no documents open. Open Settings, Application tab, and toggle the preference back on.

Quit and open BBEdit to test.

[fletcher]

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[GP]

To add to Fletcher Sandbeck's comments, a subitem under the "Reopen documents that were open on last quit" preference setting is "Restore unsaved changes". From the BBEdit User Manual:

"When this option is on, BBEdit will preserve the contents of any unsaved document contents when you quit (including untitled documents) and restore those documents the next time you launch it. If you prefer the traditional Quit behavior, turn this option off."

Given the window titles include "untitled" in the title you most likely have the "Restore unsaved changes" option turned on and have created but never saved two new text documents and one new shell worksheet.

If there's nothing in the "untitled XXXX" windows you want to save just click on the window close control and when the "Save changes to "untitled XXXX" before closing?" dialog comes up just click on the "Don't Save" button. Do that and those specific untitled windows won't show up anymore when you launch BBEdit.

[Darren Duncan]

Another relevant setting that other replies didn't mention...

In "Settings" -> "Application" we have the "When BBEdit becomes active" setting,
and if it is set to "Do nothing" rather than "New text document" then BBEdit
shouldn't open a new empty document without you explicitly asking it to.

-- Darren Duncan

[mkowsl]

Thanks for your propositions, but neither of the recommendations did work.

BBEdit stubbornly keeps opening new docs...

I'll contact support...
Regards
Martin