[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #53711] Tab order not maintained on close/reopen despite "Restore editor tabs" setting

[Marshall]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53711>

                 Summary: Tab order not maintained on close/reopen despite
"Restore editor tabs" setting
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: marsian
            Submitted on: Fri 20 Apr 2018 05:11:22 PM UTC
                Category: GUI
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Regression
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Marsian
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.3.90
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

For a long time now, I've noticed that when closing and reopening octave, the
tabs don't maintain their order as expected, even though the "Restore editor
tabs" option is selected. To demonstrate I have the following file as the only
file open in the editor "nameOrderTest.m":


%test file reordering
names = 'lmnopqrabcdefghijk';
for i=1:length(names)
edit([names(i) '.m'])
end
 

After running it I get a large number of files open in the editor in the
expected order ("nameOrderTest" then "l", "m" ... "k"), and "k.m" is active.
(I allow the files to be created if they don't exist before, for this
example).
I close and reopen octave and the order is now:
"nameOrderTest","lcdefghijkmnopqrab" and "b.m" is active. Close/reopen octave
and now:"NameOrderTest","lkmnopqrabcdefghij",with "j.m" active. Repeat and
now: "NameOrderTest","lbcdefghijkmnopqra", with "a.m" active.

The expected behavior is that the tab order remains the same every time. Even
better is if the same active tab when closed is the active tab the next time
Octave starts up.




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