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Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2018 15:43:47 +0100
From: Chris Green <cl AT isbd DOT net>
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Subject: [geda-user] gschem - backup file names aren't differentiated in the 'Open
 Recent' menu, very confusing!
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In the directory where I am currently working I have the following
files:-

    chris$ ls -l
    total 48
    -r--r--r-- 1 chris chris   45 Jul  6 15:26 #untitled_1.sch#
    -rw-rw-r-- 1 chris chris 2028 Jul  6 15:29 bbbpsu.sch
    -r--r--r-- 1 chris chris 2052 Jul  6 15:05 bbbpsu.sch~
    -rw-rw-r-- 1 chris chris 5995 Jul  5 19:34 lm10adc.sch
    -r--r--r-- 1 chris chris 5679 Jul  5 19:18 lm10adc.sch~
    -rw-rw-r-- 1 chris chris 8739 Jul  3 21:12 odinbbb.sch
    -r--r--r-- 1 chris chris 7557 Jul  3 17:20 odinbbb.sch~


If I look in the 'File'->'Open Recent' menu in gschem I see:-

    0. bbbpsu.sch
    1. socket.sym
    2. odinbbb.sch
    3. odinbbb.sch
    4. 12n.sch
    5. odinbbb.sch


This really isn't very useful! :-)   There's no way to tell which
'odinbbb.sch' is the latest one, I'd guess it's the one at number 2
but it's hardly user friendly.

While I'm at it why are there both xxxxx.sch~ and #xxxxx.sch# files?
Plus, while I'm at it, # is a really rubbish character to use because
it's the comment marker in most (Unix/Linux) shells.

I'll add these to the bug tracker if they're reasonable comments.

-- 
Chris Green