On Jul 2, 2015, at 17:40, Piet van Oostrum wrote:
> Christiaan Hofman wrote:
>
>> On Jul 2, 2015, at 16:15, Piet van Oostrum wrote:
>>
>> I lost my open files collection in Skim (meaning now it opens without any
>> files open).
>> How can I get my files back?
>> I tried to restore the preference files from my Time machine but it
>> doesn't help. I also
>> checked Reopen last open files at startup, but to no avail. Is there some
>> hidden information
>> that I missed? I checked the preference files, and the list of files is in
>> net.sourceforge.skim-app.skim.plist, item SKLastOpenFileNames, but
>> apparently it is ignored.
>> So what am I missing?
>>
>> Also the 'Restore Previous Session' menu item in the Bookmarks menu is
>> missing.
>> I wished Skim had the concept of sessions that you can save and restore.
>>
>> All of what you say is there and should work to get your last open files
>> back. You remember last
>> open files by checking it in the General preferences, and then they should
>> reopen on the next
>> launch. Though not when you launch Skim by opening a file. Also, the last
>> open files item in the
>> Bookmarks menu should always be there if there were open files when Skim
>> quitted.
>>
>> But I don't know what goes wrong for you, it should work. How do
>> you launch Skim? Are these files on the same disk?
>
> I open Skim by clicking on the icon in the Dock. Or double-clicking in
> /Applications, but that doesn't make a difference.
>
> Now the strange thing:
>
> I opened a file in Skim and then closed Skim with the file still open. Next
> time I open Skim, it opens that file.
>
> I see that in Library/Preferences these two files were changed:
> net.sourceforge.skim-app.skim.bookmarks.plist
> net.sourceforge.skim-app.skim.plist
>
> There is also net.sourceforge.skim-app.skim.LSSharedFileList.plist but it has
> an older timestamp.
>
> Now I copy these files from a backup earlier today. And when I reopen Skim,
> it still comes open with that new file, not with the files that it had open
> early in the morning. The new file didn't even exist when the backup was
> made, so there's no way it could be in those preference files. So where is
> that new file name stored if not in the files mentioned above?
>
> I have read that on Yosemite (that I am using) also info is stored in
> Library/Saved Application State/net.sourceforge.skim-app.skim.savedState but
> I cleared that directory, so that it would not interfere. So there must be
> some other secret place.
>
>> BTW, you can save sessions as a Session Bookmark.
>
> Thanks, I did not know that. When I get my session back I will use that. In
> the past I have had the same problem and I could my session back with trial
> and error, but I can't remember exactly how.
>
> With kind regards,
> --
> Piet van Oostrum <p...@vanoostrum.org>
> WWW: http://pietvanoostrum.com/
> PGP key: [8DAE142BE17999C4]
>
Since 10.9 preferences are saved a cache on the system. (During a run this will
be in memory, not in a file, so it is much faster to access.) The files in
Library/Preferences are really only a backup, so changing them usually makes no
difference. This may also explain why you did not see any information in them
about this. (If you want to force a reset of the (cached) prefs from the files,
you should run "defaults read -app Skim" from the Terminal after changing the
plist file.)
The LSSharedFileList is just for the system to track files apps open, rather
than for the app itself. Think of the Recent Documents in the Apple menu, I
guess.
Christiaan
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