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[johne53]

It's a long shot but just out of interest.... is ti possible to configure C::B so that it only keeps recently saved workspaces in its 'Recent Project' list, instead of keeping both workspaces and projects? I almost never need to load a project without loading the workspace that contained it so I find it quite annoying to have a list full of projects when I'm really only interested in the workspaces.

[killerbot]

I don't think it is configurable.

[oBFusCATed]

Maybe projects belonging to the workspace the user just opened, should not be added to the recent projects list?
What do the devs think about that?
If all agree on that behaviour I can make a patch :-)

[MortenMacFly]

What do the devs think about that?

...not too bad, but please configurable. ;-)

[oBFusCATed]

Hm, after some testing the if I open only workspaces,
I've got not project files in the recent list.

johne53: What version do you use?
Mine is debugger-branch-head on gentoo linux.

[Zini]

Try editing a project (Project -> Properties or something) and then save it. It will show up in the recent file list; at least it does that for me (rev 5679).

[johne53]

Yes, it's as Zini said. Open a workspace containing (say) 6 projects. Change a few of them then save each project. Next time you open C::B they'll appear at the top of the Recent projects list. In fact, if there are a lot of projects, you can end up losing your workspace off the bottom of the list, which is really quite annoying.

I'm running version svn5859 but this has been standard behaviour for as far back as I can remember. It's one of those things that I've always meant to suggest but never quite got around to it.

I like the idea of not adding projects that are part of a workspace that was just opened.

[Jenna]

Does not happen here (debian 64-bit svn r5873 from trunk).

[johne53]

You mean your Recent Project list contains only workspaces?

[Jenna]

You mean your Recent Project list contains only workspaces?

No, if I open a projectfile directly, it appears in the list, and that's a behaviour I expect, but if I open a workspace, that contains lots of project files, only the workspace file appears, even if I change and save a single project.

[Zini]

Just updated to rev 5892. The undesirable behaviour regarding project saving is still present for me.

[Jenna]

I just updated my working copy to 5892 and build a debian-package of it, to see if something has changed.

[Zini]

Looks like these functions are the culprit:

Code

void MainFrame::OnFileSaveProject(wxCommandEvent& event)
{
    // no need to call SaveActiveProjectAs(), because this is handled in cbProject::Save()
    if (Manager::Get()->GetProjectManager()->SaveActiveProject())
        AddToRecentProjectsHistory(Manager::Get()->GetProjectManager()->GetActiveProject()->GetFilename());
    DoUpdateStatusBar();
    DoUpdateAppTitle();
}

void MainFrame::OnFileSaveProjectAs(wxCommandEvent& event)
{
    if (Manager::Get()->GetProjectManager()->SaveActiveProjectAs())
        AddToRecentProjectsHistory(Manager::Get()->GetProjectManager()->GetActiveProject()->GetFilename());
    DoUpdateStatusBar();
    DoUpdateAppTitle();
}

Though that doesn't explain why it happens only for some people.

[Zini]

I modified these two functions and that seems indeed to have fixed it. Here is the patch:

http://developer.berlios.de/patch/index.php?func=detailpatch&patch_id=2844&group_id=5358

[Jenna]

It still does not happen here.

EDIT:
It does happen if it is saved from the file-menu, but I almost always save my projects from the projects-tree content-menu.

So there is an inconsitency between this two menus, that should not be.
When the projects are (or the workspace is) saved with the appropriate "save all xxx" menu-item, they are also not added to recent-projects history.