Should there be a "Recent files" entry in main app menu -> File

[Federico M Pouzols]

There's a "Recent projects", but nothing for files. This would have actually been convenient for some tests I'm doing now. I'd be happy to take it myself.

[Federico Montesino Pouzols]

recent files menu added into the main app menu, re #10335

Changeset: 664d2da2bb5f0334802fdff2671b4959ddd1d3e9

[Federico Montesino Pouzols]

no conflict in recent files menu, re #10335

Changeset: 82955d5825f99dfb48a5cfc8c3d9b1b87ad7b0e4

[Federico Montesino Pouzols]

a bit shorter lines, re #10335

Changeset: c8ee45c5625d9517ad484c77eb604c91445ce7fa

[Federico Montesino Pouzols]

no-conflict in recent files menu, re #10335

Changeset: 37e6efae537de758606ddd0b10366fca660a1d5e

[Federico M Pouzols]

Right below File-> "Recent projects" there's now a "Recent files" menu with the typical functionality of a "Recent..." menu.

[Anders Markvardsen]

Federico please note:

From github.com:mantidproject/mantid

• [new branch] feature/10381_convfit_convole_option_save_in_logs -> origin

/feature/10381_convfit_convole_option_save_in_logs

x [deleted] (none) -> origin/feature/10301_refl_ui_scale_column_dou

ble

x [deleted] (none) -> origin/feature/10370_MergeMDFiles_memory_rese

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x [deleted] (none) -> origin/feature/10378_refl_ui_minor_improvemen

ts ERROR: Branch 'feature/10335_recent_files_in_main_app_menu' has not been fully m erged to develop, meaning it is not possible to know whether the code is valid on all environments .

Contact Federico Montesino Pouzols on federico.montesino-pouzols@… (or via skype) and ask them to merge the code to develop using 'git checkbuild' from their branch feature/10335_recent_files_i n_main_app_menu and let you know when

Please also update: http://www.mantidproject.org/MantidPlot:_The_File_Menu

[Federico Montesino Pouzols]

updateRecentFiles when loading new files removed from here, re #10335

also improved some error messages

Changeset: 642f35743a21a5f467725895c8863c6e9a581262

[Federico Montesino Pouzols]

update recent files list from LoadDialog's accept, re #10335

Changeset: 1225561e7bed336575ad17244263183d86c909f6

[Federico M Pouzols]

In principle it works reliably. You can for example test the following:

• You open a file, close it, remove it on disk or move it somewhere else, and try to open it from the recent files list. It should show a pop up with error message.

• If you open a file from the workspaces window (menu Load->File and context menu->File), it's also added into the recent files list.

• if you save a file (File->Save->Nexus), it's also added to the list.

I also updated the documentation: (http://www.mantidproject.org/MantidPlot:_The_File_Menu#File-.3E_Recent_Files).

I modified the code so that the list of recent files is updated whenever the "Load dialog" is run (accepted). This should catch any file data load, but please make sure there's no other places in the GUI that I might not be aware of where files would be loaded through a different procedure.

I couldn't do anything about the merge conflict that happened last week. Not sure where it was coming from but now it seems gone. It builds correctly in the integration servers. I just did the following.

$ git checkbuild

Produces:

Publishing branch 'feature/10335_recent_files_in_main_app_menu'
git push origin feature/10335_recent_files_in_main_app_menu
Everything up-to-date
Deleting local copy of develop
git branch -D develop
Deleted branch develop (was e37b184).
Creating local copy of develop
git fetch -p
From github.com:mantidproject/mantid
 x [deleted]         (none)     -> origin/feature/10215_clean_indirect_diffraction_ui
 x [deleted]         (none)     -> origin/feature/10282_create_scattering_function
 x [deleted]         (none)     -> origin/feature/10364_merge_refl_presenters
remote: Counting objects: 413, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (394/394), done.
remote: Total 413 (delta 278), reused 34 (delta 17)
Receiving objects: 100% (413/413), 173.03 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (278/278), done.
 * [new branch]      bugfix/10388_iris_load_fmica_params_as_mica -> origin/bugfix/10388_iris_load_fmica_params_as_mica
   7b8706d..613369e  develop    -> origin/develop
   0ab1fff..ffd6edb  feature/10194_save_nxtomo -> origin/feature/10194_save_nxtomo
   f841acf..62a2365  feature/10323_vesuvio_diffraction -> origin/feature/10323_vesuvio_diffraction
   f1a7939..a169128  feature/10365_slice_viewer_crash -> origin/feature/10365_slice_viewer_crash
 * [new branch]      feature/10376_refl_ui_menu_bar -> origin/feature/10376_refl_ui_menu_bar
   4f6f946..c2c4630  feature/10380_refl_ui_options_col_quote_commas -> origin/feature/10380_refl_ui_options_col_quote_commas
 * [new branch]      feature/10391_moldyn_algorithm -> origin/feature/10391_moldyn_algorithm
   a09189e..dbd3882  feature/3878_partial_spectra_loading_event_nexus -> origin/feature/3878_partial_spectra_loading_event_nexus
   6e6cf6e..6e0145f  master     -> origin/master
git checkout develop
Branch develop set up to track remote branch develop from origin.
Switched to a new branch 'develop'
git merge --no-ff feature/10335_recent_files_in_main_app_menu
Auto-merging Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/Mantid/MantidUI.h
Auto-merging Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/Mantid/MantidUI.cpp
Auto-merging Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/ApplicationWindow.cpp
Merge made by the 'recursive' strategy.
 Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/ApplicationWindow.cpp | 10 ++++------
 Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/Mantid/MantidUI.cpp   | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/Mantid/MantidUI.h     |  4 ++++
 3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
git push origin develop
Counting objects: 10, done.
Delta compression using up to 4 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (10/10), done.
Writing objects: 100% (10/10), 1.55 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
Total 10 (delta 9), reused 0 (delta 0)
To git@github.com:mantidproject/mantid.git
   613369e..2eb539a  develop -> develop
git checkout feature/10335_recent_files_in_main_app_menu
Switched to branch 'feature/10335_recent_files_in_main_app_menu'

And then

$ git finish

produces:

git fetch -p
git push origin feature/10335_recent_files_in_main_app_menu
Everything up-to-date

[Federico Montesino Pouzols]

small doxygen doc fix, re #10335

Changeset: c32f2d711aa7d645c08a0b3a04957bfdbc82b0be

[Anders Markvardsen]

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/feature/10335_recent_files_in_main_app_menu'

Full changeset: ​5d6c99b85b824b4ae42a120fb6882790487e5dc9

[Anders Markvardsen]

tested with a number of different types of files. documentation clear

[Stuart Campbell]

This ticket has been transferred to github issue ​11177