Re: disable the "recent" functionality in meld

[Fourhundred Thecat <400thecat gmx ch>]

> On 2020-05-02 09:06, Fourhundred Thecat wrote:
> Hello,
>
> how can I disable the "recent" functionality in meld?
>
>
> Meld creates files such as these:
>
>    ~/.local/share/meld/recent-p260e59z.meldcmp
>
> and shows the history in
>
>    files -> open recent
>
> I looked in preferences how to disable this, but did not find any option.
>
> When I make the directory ~/.local/share/meld/ unwritable, meld reports
> error and does not even start:
>
> PermissionError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted:
> '~/.local/share/meld/recent-p260e59z.meldcmp'
>
> I consider this history "feature" as evil. The idea of opening files
> from history instead of from file paths seems confusing. How do you
> distinguish files with same names, but in different locations ?
>
> Anyways, How can I disable this misfeature?
> If there is no option in preferences, can somebody suggest how to modify
> the python code to disable this ?

can somebody please advise how to disable this evil "recent" feature in
meld ?