[icyspirit]

Summary

Recent sources

• The sources shown are kept in the settings, newest first, ten of them, as recent files are.
  • They are kept as absolute paths, so an entry works wherever the configuration is.
  • This includes the sources of a configuration or session when it is shown.
• The ▾ button next to the Sources field lists them, and so does ↓ in the field. Choosing one shows those sources again, as if typed and applied.
• Long entries are shortened in the middle, with the full text as the tooltip. "Clear list" empties the list.

Files dropped on the window

• Files and HDF5 entry directories dropped on the window are added to the sources:
  • with unique labels (e.g. a next to A, a#2);
  • not twice;
  • as a change that can be undone.
• A configuration file (.yaml, .yml) dropped on the window is opened.
• Panels used to take a dropped file's path for a signal path. They now leave file drops to the window, and so does the Sources field.

Code

• apply_sources and dropped files go through the same _set_sources.
• Recent files and recent sources share the helpers that keep lists in the settings.
• README: the Sources bullet and the shortcut table.

Test plan

• QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen pytest: 186 passed in the dev environment, a clean PySide6 6.11 environment and a PyQt5 5.15 environment.
• New tests:
  • recent sources: order, menu, choosing one, ↓ in the field, Clear list;
  • recent sources kept in the settings for the next window;
  • drops: a panel ignores files, the window adds a netCDF file and an HDF5 entry directory with unique labels, a second drop of the same file does nothing, undo, and a dropped configuration opens.
• pyflakes src tests reports nothing.

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