Community

Opening a workspace .tws file through File->Open... will discard any unsaved documents and switch to the workspace, no questions asked.

Opening through File->Workspace->Open... also discards unsaved documents without asking.

Opening through File->Workspace->MyWorkspace.tws or some other recent file prompts the user as expected.

I found this out the hard way with a bunch of unsaved files open.

I've checked back and found that this bug was introduced in versions 9.4.1 and 8.18.1 in February 2024. It's funny how often old bugs are found within a week of issuing new releases!

Thanks for reporting it. It will be fixed in the next release.

I know what you mean. A total coincidence, I assure you

At the time, I was just trying to inspect the format of .tws files to see whether they were binary or text. I'm not even sure if the current File->Open... behaviour (even if it prompts) is intended, as the only way I could coax TextPad into viewing such a file was to rename it to something like .twsx.

See viewtopic.php?p=45822#p45822 for a utility to output the contents of the TWS files.