all recent items open the same recent image no matter what is selected

[Alessandro Losavio]

Binary package hint: inkscape

Description of problem:

Inkscape opens the same image regardless of the option chosen in "File->Open Recent"

Steps to Reproduce:

1) open inkscape
2) go to file>open recent
3) select the second image

Inkscape opens the first one

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: inkscape 0.48.0-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-25.44-generic 2.6.35.10
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-25-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jan 26 18:45:18 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=it_IT:it:it_CH:zh:zh_CN:zh_SG
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=it_IT.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: inkscape

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

This happens for me on natty as well.

inkscape:
  Installed: 0.48.1-2ubuntu2
  Candidate: 0.48.1-2ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 0.48.1-2ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Alex Valavanis (valavanisalex)]

Confirmed on Ubuntu Natty, using inkscape_0.48.1-2ubuntu2.

@upstream - any suggestions?

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Not reproduced with Inkscape 0.48.0, 0.48.1 and 0.48+devel r10124 on OS X 10.5.8 (i386)
tested with the normal command line app (0.48.1, trunk) and packaged as osxapp (0.48.0, 0.48.1, trunk) - all with LANG="en_US.UTF-8".

- Are the paths in the tooltips for the entries in 'File > Open Recent…' correct?
- Does it also happen with the files listed in the GtkFileChooser dialog ('File > Open…') under 'Places > Recently Used'?

Could this be related to changes in GTK+ 2.24.x (which e.g. moved the file which stores the list of recently used files from '~/.recently-used.xbel' to '~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel')?

[Alex Valavanis (valavanisalex)]

@~suv. It seems that this only happens with the Unity desktop manager.

Using the classic Gnome desktop:
* Tooltip paths show correctly in "File->Open Recent"
* Files open correctly from "File->Open Recent" in Inkscape
* Files open correctly from "Places->Recently Used"

Using Unity:
* No tooltips appear in "File->Open Recent" in Inkscape
* Same file opens, regardless of option chosen from "File->Open Recent" in Inkscape
* "Places->Recently Used" has been replaced by the Unity Places app. Files open correctly, however

[Mirco Müller (macslow)]

Marked the affected project unity as "Invalid" as I don't see any relevance for this pure application-related problem in inkscape.

[Alessandro Losavio (alo21)]

I found the same problem in Ubuntu 11.04 i386 Final

[Ricardo Graça (devius)]

It also happens with Unity-2D. Tested on Ubuntu 11.04 with all the latest updates, unity-2d version 3.8.4.1 and Inkscape 0.48.1

[kmv (kellymartinv)]

Not sure if this is a bug in unity or a change of code somewhere that needs updating in Inkscape, or both. It's also been reported here https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gitg/+bug/777506 for gitg and seems to be appearing in other programs as well.

[Matthew Roy (matthew-royhousehold)]

This looks an awful lot like it relates to Unity.

@~macslow why are you so sure this is application-related?

[Matthew Roy (matthew-royhousehold)]

The core of this issue seems to be https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/752674

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Same issue present in Inkscape built with Gtk+/Quartz on Mac OS X and the global menu bar integration (GtkOSXApplication from gtk-mac-integration) -> possibly an upstream issue in Gtk+, not specific to the global menu used in Ubuntu's Unity desktop?

References:
<http://live.gnome.org/GTK+/OSX/>
<http://live.gnome.org/GTK+/OSX/Integration#Gtk-mac-integration.2BAC8-GtkOSXApplication>
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/721448/comments/17>