Add Recent Files configuration option?

[Joachim B.]

Hello,

I'm wondering if there is any way to disable the Recent files list in
Okular. This option does not exist in the UI, and I haven't found any
way of doing so in the configuration file.

My reasons for wanting to disable the Recent files list are two.
1) I expect this configuration in all software that includes a recent
files list as a general privacy option.
2) It seems all the files in the list are read or checked when Okular
starts. If there's a file in the list from my external harddrive, the
UI will hang and become unresponsive while it spins up, which takes at
least 10 seconds. This is very annoying, as I would expect a light
reader to launch immediately, not wait for a drive that isn't needed to
spin up.

Even better would be to not only add configuration of recent files in
Okular, but also change this behaviour of checking the files in the
recent files list. But there may be reasons for this behaviour that I'm
not aware of. If the intention is to remove files from the list that
don't exist anymore, I think this is misguided. I would have no problem
being told the requested file doesn't exist when I choose it in the
list, rather than having to wait for the editor to spin up every drive
in the system.

Thanks for reading, I've searched for info regarding this, but haven't
been able to find any. If this has been discussed before, I apologise
and would appreciate any links available.

Joachim B.

PS.
I have sent a very similar request to kwrite-devel, as this
configuration is missing in KWrite as well. Kate has this as a
configurable option.
DS.