Re: [Usability] Recent (Missing) Files

[Wesley Leggette <wleggette gate net>]

On Wed, 2003-05-07 at 18:19, Bryan W. Clark wrote:
> I just noticed this on the new GNOME (2.3), I opened up the file roller
> application and it had it's own recent files listing, one of the files in
> the list didn't exist anymore or moved, I don't remember which.  But file
> roller tried to open it and failed, however then that file, I'll call
> "X-File", apeared in my "open recent" list off of the actions menu.
> 
> I think the X-File should only appear there if it still exists or was
> at least opened successfully.  If the program failed to open the X-File I
> would think it either wouldn't add it to the recent files or delete it
> from the recent files after a failure, so that it doesn't appear on the
> global recent files list.
> 
> Also the program should then remove X-File from its recent list as well,
> since it obviously can't find it.  Maybe if there was a way for the
> program to find X-File it should just do that, but until that happens I
> would think it wouldn't remember it after I tried opening it once and
> failed.
> 
> Anyone else have any thoughts on this?

Make sure you file this as a bug agaisnt File roller. I believe it's a
gnome app, so you should be able to do this in the gnome bugzilla. You
could also probably file a bug against whatever module does the global
recent files menu.

> 
> ~ Bryan
> 
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> Bryan W Clark
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> Math & Computer Science Dept.
> Clarkson University
> Potsdam, NY USA
> 
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