As discussed here: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Libreoffice-ux-advise-Recent-files-dropdown-td4052945.html#a4052996 The changes are (inspired by Gedit): * Display only the filename, not the (abbreviated) path * Show the protocol name before the file, if not local (e.g. "ftp: myfile.odt") * After the keyboard shortcut (a number from 1 to 10) display a '.' instead of a ':' (because the protocol has a ':') * FIX: Display whitespace as whitespace, not "%20" Change-Id: I47472c901aa866adb76c7c7ab36bc871f82ad8df Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/3700 Reviewed-by: Jan Holesovsky <kendy@suse.cz> Tested-by: Jan Holesovsky <kendy@suse.cz>
Predates sal - string functions, url manipulation, stream stuff, polygons, etc. Exact history is lost before Sept. 18th, 2000, but old source code comments show that part of the tools library dates back until at least April 1991. This directory will be removed in the near future (see fdo#39445 or fdo#63154).