Mac OS X aqua 0.47: app quits when last open file is closed

[Wolf]

Yes, I know there is a discussion on this issue. This discussion may be reasonable for other platforms where there are application which have this behaviour - I remember M$ products used to do that former times.

But a Mac application doesnt do that - never ever. No Maccie ever would accept an app which quits when the last open window is closed. I'm on board since the days of Mac OS 7 - and every serious app I remember keeps launched until it is quitted - or crashes.

[Lia (ilightle2)]

Windows XP service pack 3, inkscape v. 0-47. The file option to 'close' should only close the document and not the application. If it is the only or last document then a new document should be opened automatically. MS Office 2007 functions this way except one 'quits' by clicking the 'x' in the upper right hand corner of the window rather than from the file command (with a reminder to save if you hadn't). This was confusing at first when I got booted out by selecting 'close'. I'd recommend eliminating one option or giving each one a distinct effect. Thanks. Lia

[Wolf (drechsel)]

Related: When I launch inkscape 0.47 AQUA, devel-r9101, OS 10.4.11, I get window with an empty file. When I open another file, the firstly appeared window dissappeared - no Mac application ever does that.

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

Related report: Bug #170550 (open blank document on 'close').

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Related report:
Bug #171935 “OSX Don't close the application when closing Inkscape window”
(which is no longer linked as duplicate to bug #170550 because it addresses a platform-specific request)

[su_v (suv-lp)]

> But a Mac application doesnt do that - never ever.

AFAICT this "paradigm" is no longer written in stone: in more recent versions of OS X (Lion, Mountain Lion), applications using native toolkits (for example apps like Apple's TextEdit and Preview) support a new feature called 'Automatic Termination'.
See also: <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/171935/comments/7>

Do we really need to track this in two separate reports, depending on whether Inkscape was compiled with GTK+/X11 or GTK+/Quartz? Proposing to link this report as duplicate to
Bug #171935 “OSX Don't close the application when closing Inkscape window”.

[Kris (kris-degussem)]

Linking as duplicate to bug #171935 , see previous comment.