IDE 1.8.8 does not remember last sketch nor window size.

[vimes666]

I installed IDE 1.8.8 in linux mint (mate versions 18.1 and 19.1) to find that the IDE does not remember the last edited sketch when starting up.
Also it starts with a small window size no matter what the scaling settings are.
On my other pc's I am still using 1.8.5 and they are working ok.
So I did some digging and found out that version 1.8.7 is still working fine here.
I also found that the issue remembering the last sketch is most likely caused by a reset to zero
of the last.sketch.count (in preferences.txt) at some point by the program.
I have no idea as to what could be causing the window sizing issue though.

[feikname]

Are any other settings, e.g. trying to change the font, saved just fine? If not, it might be an issue with your filesystem permissions.

[vimes666]

As far as I have checked all changes to the preferences are neatly kept in preferences.txt, except for last.sketch.count. Even the path to the correct last sketch is kept in the preferences, but IDE keeps resetting the last.sketch.count back to zero so it displays the empty sketch skelleton.

[vimes666]

update--
I just fixed the windows sizing issue by changing the values of editor.window.height.default and editor.window.width.default in prefences.txt by hand. This setting now persists after a restart, however IDE will not remember any window resizing. I can live with that.

[vimes666]

update--
The last sketch path is not saved in the preferences, I was confused with recent.sketches.

[vimes666]

I think I have found the culprit. In this change e1a5be7#diff-b6fda0bf6be0a53c0741a9b02ac16f37
the quit routine is tidied up. However it also deletes the call to storeScreenDimensions() and storeSketches().
Can somebody have a look at this?

[mitag]

I made the same experiences with the IDE 1.8.8 under Windows 10. The last sketch, window position and size are no longer saved. Since I have a copy of the IDE 1.8.7 on my local server, I installed the older version again and everything is fine again.

[facchinm]

Hi @vimes666 ,
thanks for reporting. That change should leave everything unchanged since handleQuit already handles saving the sketch position (

Arduino/app/src/processing/app/Base.java

Lines 954 to 959 in 4b6b8f0

	public boolean handleQuit() {
	// If quit is canceled, this will be replaced anyway
	// by a later handleQuit() that is not canceled.
	storeScreenDimensions();
	storeSketches();
	try {

).
I'll take a closer look and get back to you.

[facchinm]

The breaking change is 36da22c (and is only triggered when closing the IDE with the x and not via File/Quit).
I'll prepare a patch immediately.

[facchinm]

I opened #8349 to fix this; as soon as the builds are available I'd ask you to try it and report if the fix is ok.

[vimes666]

Thanks for the swift response!
I tested http://downloads.arduino.cc/javaide/pull_requests/arduino-PR-8349-BUILD-817-linux64.tar.xz just now and the problem seems to be solved :)
As for windows, I dont know, my latest working version is 98. Someone else will have to test that.