[Geany] New request (if not exist) : restore tab

[Thomas Martitz]

Enrico Tröger schrieb:
> On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:19:21 +0200, jerome wrote:
>
>   
>> Harold Aling a écrit :
>>     
>>> On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:00:39 +0200, jerome <mister.jerome at gmail.com>
>>> wrote: 
>>>       
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Sometimes, I close tab by cliking on the cross accidentally.
>>>>
>>>> It's possible to include the possiblilty to restore the last close
>>>> tab by history as in Firefox ?
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> The last file you've closed should be on top of the "recent files"
>>> list but reopening that file doesn't restore the undo history and
>>> such...
>>>
>>> A 'undo close tab' function under the right mouseclick menu of the
>>> tabs could be handy though...
>>>
>>>
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>> Yes. it's right for the recent files.
>>
>> As you say, to restore the history and other functions related to the 
>> file is good idea. And why not enlarge this functinnality to all file 
>> open with Geany. When close a file, save the history and restore it
>> when reopen the file. A maximum size may be specified to prevent using
>> too much disk space.
>>
>> I don't know if this is really useful but it is original :D
>>     
>
> And there goes it away: Geany, a fast and lightweight IDE.
>
> This would be a major step in not being fast and not being lightweight
> anymore. See Firefox...once praised as fast, small new webbrowser and
> what is it now?
> A damn huge slow big chunk of software which feels slow and sluggish
> even on modern computers.
>
>
> As Harold said already, the top most item of the recent files list
> re-opens the file again. I don't see any need to restore (and therefore
> keep) any previous data of the closed tab.
>
>
> Regards,
> Enrico
>   

How about giving actual reasons to not do it, instead of complaining 
about totally unrelated software?

Best regards.