Invoking 'New Window' re-opens the 'saved' open window list

[uberbrady]

When I hit Command-Option-N (New Window, from the File Menu), Atom tries to reopen the last project I had open instead of opening a new window.

[mpeterson2]

Yes this is something that should be fixed. Similar to #17, it doesn't seem possible to tell whether your opening Atom or just opening a new window within Atom at this time.

For now, some workarounds would be to disable restoring projects or to open your projects directly instead of using Cmd+Opt+N. I know it'd be nice to have this fixed, but I'm not sure if it can be at this time.

[lstroud]

+1
If it isn't fixable, could you provide a different shortcut to open a blank/new window?

[mpeterson2]

I just thought of a way to fix this actually... Instead of trying to detect if a new window was opened vs a new instance, the Project setting could just be cleared when you open a new window. Now to find out if I can hook into that or if I have to create a new shortcut....

[mpeterson2]

I just posted a new version based off of e3e234a. It will no longer open the previously opened window.

Now the question is: Should it open the previously opened files that weren't part of a project, or should they be forgotten?

[mpeterson2]

I'm going to leave them there for now. That just seems better than just throwing the data away.