Bug#642773: Session restore not automatic anymore

[Mike Hommey]

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 05:24:49AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 09:11:31AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 11:34:24PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > > > Just use ctrl-q.
> > > 
> > > Which would then lead back to the original problem, namely that I don't
> > > want the browser to remember the session when I closed it by closing the
> > > last tab.  But ignoring that for now...
> > 
> > Close all tabs with ctrl+w, then close browser with ctrl+q.
> 
> Which adds one more step.  Like I said, I don't want that behavior.
> However, I do want the behavior you've described below...
> 
> > > > > I'd like to have the behavior you describe as associated with
> > > > > browser.tabs.warnOnClose, which doesn't seem to work as you described.
> > > > 
> > > > It does.
> > > 
> > > Perhaps you could clarify?  You said:
> > > > When
> > > > browser.tabs.warnOnClose is true (which is the default), it also asks
> > > > you if you want to save your tabs before quitting, and if you do, it
> > > > switches browser.startup.page to 3.
> > > 
> > > However, I have browser.tabs.warnOnClose set to true, and when I quit,
> > > Iceweasel does *not* ask me if I want to save my tabs before quitting,
> > > nor does it preserve the session.
> > 
> > Mmmm look like the default changed and you need to set
> > browser.showQuitWarning.
> 
> Ah!  That does seem to work, almost.  Setting that to true gave me the
> "Do you want Iceweasel to save your tabs for the next time it starts?"
> dialog with an option to either "Quit" or "Save and Quit", and choosing
> the latter preserves my open tabs and automatically restores them next
> time I run Iceweasel.
> 
> However, checking the "Do not ask next time" box did not have any
> effect.  I checked the box and clicked "Save and Quit", which if it
> worked would do exactly what I'd like (preserve/restore open tabs
> automatically on Ctrl-Q without asking), but the dialog continues to
> appear (with the checkbox unchecked).

That would be exactly the same behaviour as the one you were complaining
about in the first place.

Mike