scratch asks me to wait while it restores last session when welcome screen is set to show on open

[Kingsley]

When I open scratch, or open a file in scratch, it shows the "Wait while restoring last session" message forever. I can still interact with the application while it shows this.

Image attached of me opening and editing a file while it behaves this way.

[Cameron Norman (cameronnemo)]

WORKAROUND: If you go into preferences and change the behaviour on open to "Open last open tabs", then this does not appear.

[Mario Guerriero (mefrio-g)]

can you post the output of the command "dpkg -s scratch-text-editor"?

[Mario Guerriero (mefrio-g)]

ouch I made the commit on my pc but I forgot to push :P

[Siniša Perović (sinisa-p)]

Thanx Mario but I think you've pushed it into the Daily repo. From today we're happy to use Elementary OS Stable PPA ;-)

[Kingsley (kingsquee)]

@Mario :)

Package: scratch-text-editor
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: editors
Installed-Size: 1995
Maintainer: Mario Guerriero <email address hidden>
Architecture: i386
Version: 2.0~r1145-0+pkg49~precise1
Depends: dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libc6 (>= 2.2), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libgee2 (>= 0.5.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libgranite1 (>= 0.2.0~), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.1.6), libgtksourceview-3.0-0 (>= 2.91.4), libgtkspell-3-0, libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpeas-1.0-0 (>= 1.1.0), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.4.0), libvala-0.18-0 (>= 0.17.1), libvte-2.90-9 (>= 1:0.27.90), libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 (>= 1.3.10), libzeitgeist-1.0-1 (>= 0.3.14)
Description: text editor written in Vala
 Scratch is the text editor that works for you. It auto-saves your files,
 meaning they're always up-to-date. Plus it remembers your tabs so you never
 lose your spot, even in between sessions.
 .
 Make it yours. Scratch is written from the ground up to be extensible. Keep
 things super lightweight and simple, or install extensions to turn Scratch
 into a full-blown IDE; it's your choice. And with a handful of useful
 preferences, you can tweak the behavior and interface to your liking.
 .
 It's elementary. Scratch is made to be the perfect text editor for elementary,
 meaning it closely follows the high standards of design, speed, and
 consistency. It's sexy, but not distracting.
 .
 Works with your language. Whether you're crafting code in Vala, scripting with
 PHP, or marking things up in HTML, Scratch has you covered. Experience full
 syntax highlighting with nearly all programming, scripting, and markup
 languages.
 .
 Other syntax-highlighted languages: Bash, C, C#, C++. Cmake, CSS, .Desktop,
 Diff, Fortran, Gettext, ini, Java, JavaScript, LaTex, Lua, Makefile,
 Objective C, Pascal, Perl, Python, Ruby, XML.
Homepage: http://launchpad.net/scratch

[Cody Garver (codygarver)]

The stable PPA will not get this unreleased version of scratch, you will be automatically downgraded to 2.0 soon.

[Mario Guerriero (mefrio-g)]

Cody do I need to make a release?

[Cody Garver (codygarver)]

I think you should because the 2.1 milestone is too big, but it's not
necessary if its inconvenient.

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On Jul 21, 2013, at 3:50 PM, Mario Guerriero <email address hidden> wrote:

> Cody do I need to make a release?
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[Alexander Borisov (aaborisov)]

You can open dconf-editor and go to:
org -> pantheon -> scratch -> settings
and change the value of "opened-files" field. There is list of files that scratch tries to open. And it probably that one of them has too big size. You have just to remove this file from list and relaunch scratch.

[Mohd Hafizul Afifi Abdullah (hafizulamz)]

The same bug occurs to me, but executing this command fixes the problem:

Command:
gsettings set org.pantheon.scratch.settings show-at-start welcome

Source:
https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/questions/3956/how-can-i-clear-currently-opened-files-in-scratch/3957#3957