[SRU] Externally-opened files no longer open in existing window
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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kate (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Eoan |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Rik Mills |
Bug Description
[Impact]
* Quite disruptive to a users workflow if they depend on kate opening files in a tab in the existing window.
* The fix is a simple and easily backported patch.
[Test Case]
* Open one or more files in Kate
* Trigger kate to open another file externally. For example, a text file opened via the file manager.
* File should open in a new kate tab in existing window.
[Regression Potential]
* A simple already upstream applied patch. This was only not applied to the KDE 19.04 git branch, as it has already received its final release.
* Testers should spend some time testing the other functionality they use to provide evidence that there is no apparent regression. In particular, opening/saving files etc.
***** Original bug text *****
Release: eoan (also disco, if Qt is updated to 5.12 via kubuntu-backports)
See https:/
This bug is already fixed in kate 19.08.x, however eoan still ships 19.04.3.
The fix is relatively simple (see https:/
Changed in kate (Ubuntu Eoan): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
description: | updated |
summary: |
- Externally-opened files no longer open in existing window + [SRU] Externally-opened files no longer open in existing window |
Changed in kate (Ubuntu Eoan): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
assignee: | nobody → Rik Mills (rikmills) |
tags: |
added: verification-done removed: verification-needed |
This bug even renders Kate's --pid <pid> option dysfunctional, so there seems to be no end-user workaround for this problem. Since the KDE devs in the linked bug report above declined to do a "re-spin" and did indeed "ship Kate like this", I'd be hugely grateful if the (K)Ubuntu devs backported the above linked patch to 19.04. This bug really is unfortunate.