[Geany-devel] Some obsolete(?) bug reports

[Matthew Brush]

On 02/11/2012 11:18 PM, Eugene Arshinov wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Sorry for bothering you so much.  When I looked for existing bug
> reports related to changing document's filetype to "None", I found a
> couple of reports that seems obsolete.  Maybe some of the developers
> could spend some time to review them and mark them as CLOSED or
> whatever is applicable.
>
>
> 1. Incorrect indentation guides - ID: 2637071 [1]
>
> I opened the attached document and did not see any issues with
> indentation guides.  I could miss something because I rarely use the
> guies, but...  Maybe it was already fixed in Scintilla?
>
> Enrico replied to this report in 2009.
>

I think this bug is still present if I understand it correctly. The 
attached file causes indentation guides to be shown on the blank line 
that has no indentation at all.

>
> 2. Command line option to bring Geany to front - ID: 2276179 [2]
>
> Seems that some actions were performed to fix the bug, but the report's
> author didn't have time to check it.  Maybe, as a long time has
> passed since 2009, the bug report can be closed?  BTW, what is
> described in the report, works fine for me (Geany is brought to front).
>
> Enrico replied to this report in 2009, too.
>

Just closed this one.

>
> 3. "geany xyz.txt" does not load files from session - ID: 2838686 [3]
>
> Here it wasn't decided whether of not Geany should restore session.  I
> suggest we discuss this question and finally either fix the bug or mark
> it as WONTFIX.
>
> A long time ago I added to the Preferences dialog a checkbox that
> controlled the behaviour.  This was done in the sm branch.  If it's
> decided that a graphical preference is needed, I can extract code from
> there and make a pull request.
>
> However, currently I think that a hidden pref for that is better.
> Your opinions?
>

I don't often use Geany for opening files from the command line and 
usually I always have a Geany window open so if I do, it's not an issue, 
so I can't really provide a worthwhile opinion here.

Thanks for tracking down those lingering bug reports!

Cheers,
Matthew Brush