openDocumentWithContentsOfFile: path

[Matthew Weinstein]

Found a puzzling difference btw cocoa and gnustep in behavior regarding NSDocumentController openDocumentWithContentsOfFile. On gnustep when my "project file" (one type of NSDocument in my program) opens a file with path the NSDocument acts as though there is no file attached to it. If I pick save it treats it as a SaveAs: and gives me a NSSavePanel.

How do I tell it that it has a file and save should... save without asking for a file.

It works fine on cocoa. Doing the following

           myfile = [myDC openDocumentWithContentsOfFile: myPath  display:YES];

sets up an NSDocument with

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Matthew Weinstein
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