https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503083
Bug ID: 503083
Summary: Newly-created unsaved files are not preserved on crash
Classification: Applications
Product: kate
Version: 23.08.5
Platform: openSUSE
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: sessions
Assignee: kwrite-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: mpeter.68...@simplelogin.co
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Some terms I used:
- unsaved document: a new Kate editor tab with some text content, that the user
did not explicitely save into a file on the filesystem
- preserve: Kate saving the document's unsaved parts to an internal directory
Lets assume that the following settings are enabled:
- Open/Save > Advanced > Swap file mode: Enabled, Store In Default Directory
- Session > Application Startup/Shutdown Behavior > Automatically save and
restore: Newly-created unsaved files
If the user creates a new document or more, writes something in it, but does
not save it to a file in the filesystem (because they intend it as a temporary
note or something of that sort), Kate does not try to preserve it for when a
crash might happen.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open Kate, load a saved session
2. Create new documents, write something into them
3. Make the system crash, or simulate a crash with SIGKILL to Kate
4. On next boot, open the Kate session used in step 1
5. Find the unsaved documents in the "Documents" side panel on the left, and
open them
OBSERVED RESULT
The opened, unsaved documents are empty.
EXPECTED RESULT
The opened, unsaved documents should preserve their content from before the
crash.
This is already what happens if Kate is closed gracefully, even if the user did
not explicitly save the session in the "Sessions" toolbar menu.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma: openSUSE Leap 15.6
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.11
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0
Qt Version: 5.15.12
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
It seems Kate already preserves these unsaved files to some extent, as even
after a crash they will appear as files in the Documents panel, with names like
"Untitled", "Untitled (1)" and so on.
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