NWP to open all the files that were previously open

[CrisB]

When NWP has crashed, it helpfully comes up with a list of saved files and their change status. So we can see which version to keep.

But doing this means that NWP does NOT open all the files that were previously open. But it does normally since I have this checked in Prefs.

So this is a request for an enhancement, or is it a bug-fix? Please do reopen all the previously open files when restarting.

Cris

[martin]

The current behavior is intentional for two reasons:

1. Avoid confusion: a user might have a hard time figuring out the difference between reopened document windows and recovered automatic backups. The idea is that it's better to let the user open files and compare backups manually, so they really know what documents they have, and where they are stored.

2. Avoid repeating the crash. In case there's something in one of the reopened/recovered documents that triggers the crash, we don't want to trigger it again automatically.

[CrisB]

Aaah! Now I understand. So it seems I will need to live with the inconvenience. Or maybe NWP could give the user an option in the recover window to reopen all files.

Actually, NWP is very reliable, very user-friendly, very capable, and a joy to use. I mostly find that whenever NWP crashes, it's because of something I've done to a file, rather than just the file itself.

I always want to reopen all the files I had open. I need them opened because they're the half dozen or more projects I'm working on concurrently, and an open file reminds me that I need to do something to it. It's easy to miss one when you have only memory to tell you what needs doing. Maybe, unlike everyone else, I'm just getting old.

Actually, this reliance on NWP in this fashion simply goes to prove how outstandingly reliable NWP is...