#1 of 2: Recently opened files list not working?

niftyprose · 2016-08-03 10:08:20

Hi chaps, this is one of those really small irritating ones for which I feel I *ought* to be able to guess a fix, but I'm stumped. I use the 'BL Text Editor' a lot. The 'Recent Files' list has never updated properly. I'm on Hydrogen. Can anyone suggest any measures? Best, NP.

damo · 2016-08-03 10:14:45

Some more details about what your problem is would be helpful. This isn't very descriptive of the issue:

The 'Recent Files' list has never updated properly

I have just cleared my Recent Files list, opened geany, and opened a textfile there - it immediately appeared in the Recent Files list.

BTW 'bl-recent-files-pipemenu' parses the contents of '~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', so if your actions don't add to that file, then Recent Files won't see them.

Last edited by damo (2016-08-03 10:22:01)

niftyprose · 2016-08-03 10:23:50

Hi Damo, thanks for the quick response and sorry for the sketchy description. It's an example of the dreaded 'intermittent problem' where I can't see a pattern to the misbehaviour, and I wanted to see if anyone else was noticing something similar. In a typical session I might have 10 or 20 text files open from a variety of folders all with the /home directory. Typically, only about 50% of them will show up in the 'recent files' dialog. Stumped. Best, NP.

damo · 2016-08-03 10:37:28

Couple of things to consider:

If you are using geany set to start with previous opened files, then those files aren't added to '.recently-used.xbel';

Make sure the file limit is big enough to display all recent files. In menu.xml you can set the number of files to display with the '-l|--limit' parameter, so to show 30 files, most recent first, the command would be

<menu execute="bl-recent-files-pipemenu -rl30" id="pipe-recentfilesmenu" label="Recent Files"/>

niftyprose · 2016-08-03 10:49:44

Hi guys, no no, I didn't make myself clear. My point isn't that only 50% of 20 files show up in the 10-slot 'Recently opened' list. (D'oh!) It is that the ones which show up *aren't* the 10 most recently opened. Some of the files I open will turn up in the list immediately, but some won't. I'm not using Geany set or in any way changing from 'out-of-the-box' behaviour. Still stumped. WM.

#1 2016-08-03 10:08:20

#1 of 2: Recently opened files list not working?

#2 2016-08-03 10:14:45

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#4 2016-08-03 10:37:28

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