[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 37219] Add exported PDF files to the recent documents list in current desktop environment

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37219

--- Comment #17 from Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> ---
I support the WONTFIX, at least for Windows case.

A very clear description of the MRU list on Windows is given in the
SHAddToRecentDocs function documentation [1]; it is explained that the primary
effect is adding entries to the *application*'s jump list (i.e., making it
easier to open that file with *that application*). Also it may "attempt to
register an application to handle a file type that it is not registered to
handle" - and that additionally reinforces the focus of the MRU list to
*connect* the file with its application. And that is exactly what we should
avoid in this case, because LibreOffice is *not* a PDF reader (nor PNG
authoring tool, and so on).

No idea about the philosophy of such lists on other platforms - but have a gut
feelings that it is likely similar.

[1]
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/shlobj_core/nf-shlobj_core-shaddtorecentdocs#remarks

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