GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 67453
Questionable behaviour when re-opening a "recently used"
Last modified: 2007-03-15 20:40:43 UTC
If a "recently-used" file has been moved in the os (e.g. mv), when that name is picked in the File menu, gnumeric simply opens an empty file with that name. I would expect an error dialog "couldn't find file" and possibly a file selector menu to find the file myself. even better would be a list of possible files (similar size, similar name, similar gnumeric-love level :-) ) ciao, adrian
Opening an empty file with the same name could be quite misleading. A not found message, possibly with an option to browse for the missing option sounds wise. adding usability keyword
I'd suggest doing what the GNOME recent file thing appears to be doing: when popping up the menu check if the recent files are still there, and if not, don't show the menu item.
I'm also for the behaviour that Søren suggestedÖ checking if the file exists, and remove it from the 'recent' list if it doesn't exist any more. If you open a lot of mail attachments, then most of the 'recent files' list tends to be filled with /tmp/<incomprehensible_name>, and it would be much better if Gnumeric just looked like it didn't add them to the recent list in the first place. That could be also improved by adding filter against temporary files.
We now ignore local files that do not exist. Non-local files are not tested, but they will produce an error if you try to open them and they are gone. Ditto for files that disappear under Gnumeric. This problem has been fixed in the development version. The fix will be available in the next major software release. Thank you for your bug report.