Bug#642773: Session restore not automatic anymore

[Mike Hommey]

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 08:38:25AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 02:29:20PM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote:
> > 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:
> > > > > 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.
> 
> Hrm?  "Preserve/restore open tabs automatically on Ctrl-Q without
> asking" sounds like exactly the behavior I'd like to have.  Turning on
> showQuitWarning gives me almost exactly the behavior I'd like, except
> for having a prompt to save tabs or not.  I assumed that checking the
> "Do not ask next time" box and clicking "Save and Quit" would cause
> "Save and Quit" to become the default when I hit Ctrl-Q; however, that
> checkbox didn't seem to have any effect.

Provided this would work (and it's weird that it doesn't, but that's
maybe not surprising considering we've been touching prefs with no
corresponding UI), you'd end up exactly with the behaviour you had to
begin with: Ctrl-Q keeps the session when you restart, and closing the
last tab with Ctrl-W keeps the last tab when you restart.
I don't believe there is any sane way to do what you are asking for.

Mike