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[Mac Mac]

I have scite installed on multiple Debian machines and one Ubuntu.

The Ubuntu install is:

Version 5.5.6   Scintilla:5.5.6   Lexilla:5.4.4
    compiled for GTK:3.24.49

On the Debian boxes it is whatever apt installs. Looks to be 5.5.6-1

I open a particular file on a network drive on all the machines. On the Debian boxes it shows up in the Open>Recent list.

But, on the Ubuntu box, the file never appears in the Recent list.

Is this an Ubuntu issue?

Also, is it possible to have the Open dialog default to All files rather than all source?

Thanks.

[scintillaDotOrg]

I open a particular file on a network drive on all the machines. On the Debian boxes it shows up in the Open>Recent list.

But, on the Ubuntu box, the file never appears in the Recent list.

Is this an Ubuntu issue?

I tried with Ubuntu 26.04 and current SciTE 5.6.1 and it worked fine. 5.6.1 shouldn't differ with 5.5.6 in any file operations.

Some people expect file names to be in the recent list even when they are open. They are in only one place: Recent or Buffers.

Also, is it possible to have the Open dialog default to All files rather than all source?

The default filter is determined by what is at the front of the open.filter setting which can be edited directly if you want. It's probably easier to intercept the top.filters variables used inside SciTEGlobal.properties by reversing it with this setting in User Options

top.filters=$(all.files)$(source.all.filter)

Neil

[Mac Mac]

This happens after scite has been closed and the Ubuntu machine has rebooted, sometimes several times.

As mentioned, it does not happen on the Debian machine, the file shows under the Recent files.

Other files, from the same mapped drive, seem to behave as expected on both machines.

Thanks for the info about the file filter.

[scintillaDotOrg]

As mentioned, it does not happen on the Debian machine, the file shows under the Recent files.

Other files, from the same mapped drive, seem to behave as expected on both machines.

You can explore the saved state which is in the .SciTE.session file in your home directory.

Other files from the same drive working breaks the most promising investigation direction: that a flaky connection is causing some set of failures.

The recent list goes from the .SciTE.session file to the recent list without checking for actual existence or validity. If a file is mentioned in the list of open files (buffer.*.path) in .SciTE.session and can not be opened (permissions have changed or connection is down) then it will move to the recent list instead of a tab.

A possibility is that the file in question has an unusual name that is not saved into the session well and there needs to be some file name encoding.

Neil

[Mac Mac]

It is interesting. Works as expected on Debian. The file is named Quotables.txt. It refuses to show in the Recent file list on Ubuntu. I made a copy of the file, named it Aoutables.txt and it works as expected on both Debian and Ubuntu.

A mystery...