Re: Open recent and open type

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It is interesting. Works as expected on Debian. The file is named=20
Quotables.txt. It refuses to show in the Recent file list on Ubuntu. I made=
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a copy of the file, named it Aoutables.txt and it works as expected on both=
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Debian and Ubuntu.

A mystery...

On Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 6:02:49=E2=80=AFPM UTC-4 scintillaDotOrg wrote=
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> As mentioned, it does not happen on the Debian machine, the file shows=20
> under the Recent files.
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> Other files, from the same mapped drive, seem to behave as expected on=20
> both machines.
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> You can explore the saved state which is in the .SciTE.session file in=20
> your home directory.
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> Other files from the same drive working breaks the most promising=20
> investigation direction: that a flaky connection is causing some set of=
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> failures.
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> The recent list goes from the .SciTE.session file to the recent list=20
> without checking for actual existence or validity. If a file is mentioned=
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> in the list of open files (buffer.*.path) in .SciTE.session and can not b=
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> opened (permissions have changed or connection is down) then it will move=
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> to the recent list instead of a tab.
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> A possibility is that the file in question has an unusual name that is no=
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> saved into the session well and there needs to be some file name encoding=
.
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> Neil
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<div>It is interesting. Works as expected on Debian. The file is named Quot=
ables.txt. It refuses to show in the Recent file list on Ubuntu. I made a c=
opy of the file, named it Aoutables.txt and it works as expected on both De=
bian and Ubuntu.</div><div><br /></div><div>A mystery...</div><br /><div cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"auto" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thursday, May=
 14, 2026 at 6:02:49=E2=80=AFPM UTC-4 scintillaDotOrg wrote:<br/></div><blo=
ckquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 0.8ex; border-left: 1p=
x solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div><blockquote style=3D"m=
argin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left=
:1ex"><div>As mentioned, it does not happen on the Debian machine, the file=
 shows under the Recent files.</div></blockquote><blockquote style=3D"margi=
n:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex=
"><div>Other files, from the same mapped drive, seem to behave as expected =
on both machines.</div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div><div>You can =
explore the saved state which is in the .SciTE.session file in your home di=
rectory.</div><div><br></div><div>Other files from the same drive working b=
reaks the most promising investigation direction: that a flaky connection i=
s causing some set of failures.</div><div><br></div><div>The recent list go=
es from the .SciTE.session file to the recent list without checking for act=
ual existence or validity. If a file is mentioned in the list of open files=
 (buffer.*.path) in .SciTE.session and can not be opened (permissions have =
changed or connection is down) then it will move to the recent list instead=
 of a tab.</div><div><br></div><div>A possibility is that the file in quest=
ion has an unusual name that is not saved into the session well and there n=
eeds to be some file name encoding.</div><div><br></div><div>Neil</div></di=
v></blockquote></div>

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