From: Daniel Ramoeller <d.lyx@web.de>
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 18:40:53 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Open backup files via file open dialog
X-Git-Tag: 2.4-Beta1~4
X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c6c6576515a497ec7241ecfb7e34c4f7df17e4c4;p=lyx.git

Open backup files via file open dialog

Fix for bug #12266.

Also: Option to open any files as is standard in other apps.
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diff --git a/src/frontends/qt/GuiView.cpp b/src/frontends/qt/GuiView.cpp
index d6e9a85225..3a6a04c3bf 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt/GuiView.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt/GuiView.cpp
@@ -2610,7 +2610,11 @@ void GuiView::openDocument(string const & fname)
 		dlg.setButton1(qt_("D&ocuments"), toqstr(lyxrc.document_path));
 		dlg.setButton2(qt_("&Examples"), toqstr(lyxrc.example_path));
 
-		QStringList const filter(qt_("LyX Documents (*.lyx)"));
+		QStringList const filter({
+				qt_("LyX Documents (*.lyx)"),
+				qt_("LyX Document Backups (*.lyx~)"),
+				qt_("All Files (*.*)")
+		});
 		FileDialog::Result result =
 			dlg.open(toqstr(initpath), filter);