https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=394833
Bug ID: 394833
Summary: Katepart swap file feature not available for unsaved
or moved files
Product: kate
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: part
Assignee: kwrite-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: samj...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
Steps to reproduce:
Test A:
1. Open Kate/KWrite.
2. Type something.
3. Save to a file on disk.
4. Type some more.
5. Kill the process without closing the app correctly.
6. Reopen the file in Kate/KWrite.
7. It flags the file as "not closed properly" and offers to recover the unsaved
data.
Test B:
1. Close the above file without recovering the data.
2. Move the file on disk (without the unsaved data) to another location.
3. Open it from there in Kate/KWrite.
4. It does NOT flag the file as "not closed properly" and does not offer to
recover the unsaved data.
Test C:
1. Open a new document in Kate/KWrite.
2. Type something.
3. Kill the process as before but *without* saving to disk.
4. Reopen Kate/KWrite.
5. It does NOT advise you that a document was not saved and does not offer to
recover the unsaved data.
Observed behaviour:
Test A is the nominal behaviour. In Test B and Test C, there is no way to
recover the lost data. Other applications such as LibreOffice which are used
for other purposes and not really useful for plaintext editing such as
Kate/KWrite however have a data recovery feature which only depends on the
existence of the swap file and not on the existence of the saved file or of
such a file being located in the same directory.
Expected behaviour:
1. Loss of data is unacceptable.
2. Katepart should save swap data for unsaved files also.
3. When Kate/KWrite (or at least Kate only) is reopened after an abnormal
termination, it should advise the user of the availability of such swap data,
whether for saved or unsaved documents, and offer to recover the data.
Comment:
1. This behaviour is already found in LibreOffice etc but which aren't useful
for the usecase of Kate/KWrite etc. Hence I request for Kate to have this
ability.
2. I lost many paragraphs of writing this morning because of this limitation,
prompting me to file this bug.
Thanks!
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