commit 239be02234dbffcf42eaeabb5576208a7ac69e41
Author: Richard Heck <rgh...@lyx.org>
Date: Thu Jan 19 15:34:45 2017 -0500
Allow LyX to open empty files (created, e.g., via "touch").
Patch from new contributor Jan Niklas Hasse.
(cherry picked from commit 0d77a7e3251aa7a971a365e3fa698ce9f26e2b9d)
---
lib/generate_contributions.py | 8 ++++++++
src/buffer_funcs.cpp | 18 ++++++++++++------
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/generate_contributions.py b/lib/generate_contributions.py
index 41c4961..50ad4dc 100755
--- a/lib/generate_contributions.py
+++ b/lib/generate_contributions.py
@@ -827,6 +827,14 @@ contributors = [
"9 June 2015",
u"Haiku OS support"),
+ contributor(u"Jan Niklas Hasse",
+ "jhasse () bixense ! com",
+ "GPL",
+ "Re: Patch to make it possible to open empty files",
+ "m=148163124122780",
+ "23 December 2016",
+ u"File opening enhancement"),
+
contributor(u"Richard Heck",
"rgheck () comcast ! net",
"GPL",
diff --git a/src/buffer_funcs.cpp b/src/buffer_funcs.cpp
index 03ecc90..beab239 100644
--- a/src/buffer_funcs.cpp
+++ b/src/buffer_funcs.cpp
@@ -95,12 +95,18 @@ Buffer * checkAndLoadLyXFile(FileName const & filename,
bool const acceptDirty)
bool const exists = filename.exists();
bool const tryVC = exists ? false : LyXVC::fileInVC(filename);
if (exists || tryVC) {
- if (exists && !filename.isReadableFile()) {
- docstring text = bformat(_("The file %1$s exists but is
not "
- "readable by the current user."),
- from_utf8(filename.absFileName()));
- Alert::error(_("File not readable!"), text);
- return 0;
+ if (exists) {
+ if (!filename.isReadableFile()) {
+ docstring text = bformat(_("The file %1$s
exists but is not "
+ "readable by the current user."),
+ from_utf8(filename.absFileName()));
+ Alert::error(_("File not readable!"), text);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ if (filename.extension() == "lyx" &&
filename.isFileEmpty()) {
+ // Makes it possible to open an empty (0 bytes)
.lyx file
+ return newFile(filename.absFileName(), "",
true);
+ }
}
Buffer * b = theBufferList().newBuffer(filename.absFileName());
if (!b) {
