[Geany-Users] Wish List/Annoyances

[Matthew Brush]

On 13-11-19 11:06 AM, Colomban Wendling wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Le 19/11/2013 18:11, Ken Dawber a écrit :
>> I use Geany all the time.  Thank you very much. I'm using it on a Puppy
>> Linux system.   I'm not sure if the second problem is a problem with
>> Geany or its implementation on the Linux system.
>>
>> 1) The recently used files list often doesn't show the files that I've
>> been recently editing because I've been editing them for a long time.
>> That is, they've remained open for a long time and I haven't had to open
>> them.  When files are constantly edited like that the list just ends up
>> showing inconsequently files that were only looked at for short
>> periods.  Whenever a new file is added to the recently used files list,
>> all files that are currently open should be shifted to the top of the list.
>
> I'm not sure I understand what you mean, and want?
>

I guess "Recent Files" means "recently opened", not "recently used" as 
Ken would like. For example if you focused a document (or edited at 
least), in theory, it's the most recently used file, but since it's 
already open and maybe for a long time, it would get bumped down the 
recent files list.

Suggest changing "Recent Files" menu item label to "Open Recent" like at 
least several programs here do. IIRC it was the default label on the 
GtkRecentAction that was wiped-out without replacement (AFAIK) in the 
famous Mass-Deprecations of 2013.

@Ken, just in case you didn't see it, you can increase the number of 
recently opened files show in the preferences dialog, it might be a 
workaround at least.

Cheers,
Matthew Brush