On Sun, 10 Dec 2023 13:35:06 +0100 Lorenzo Sutton <lorenzofsut...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 09/12/2023 12:12, David W. Jones wrote: >> >> >> On December 9, 2023 12:59:55 AM HST, Will Godfrey >> <willgodf...@musically.me.uk> wrote: >>> On Fri, 8 Dec 2023 16:53:52 -1000 >>> david <gn...@hawaii.rr.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On 12/8/23 01:46, Will Godfrey wrote: >>>>> On Thu, 7 Dec 2023 23:22:11 -1000 >>>>> david <gn...@hawaii.rr.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 12/7/23 16:13, mark_at_yahoo via Rosegarden-user wrote: >>>>>>> On 12/7/23 13:22, david wrote: >>>>>>>> RCS sounds interesting. I used to work with enterprise content >>>>>>>> management (ECM) systems. Is it command line only or is there a GUI >>>>>>>> for it? >>>>>>> I've only ever used RCS from the commandline, but quick search yields: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://www.compuphase.com/software_rcsbrowser.htm >>>>>>> https://docs.hpc.cam.ac.uk/storage/rcs/gui.html >>>>>>> https://filezilla-project.org/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> although I can't immediately see how FileZilla relates, despite it >>>>>>> being recommended by the cam.ac.uk page. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> CVS is a higher-level layer built atop RCS, and there seem to be more >>>>>>> GUI support for it: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://cvsgui.sourceforge.net/ >>>>>>> https://eclipse.dev/eclipse/platform-cvs/ >>>>>>> https://apps.kde.org/cervisia/ >>>>>>> https://github.com/KDE/cervisia >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Again, I haven't used any of the above systems and only found them >>>>>>> because your question piqued my curiosity. >>>>>> Ah, thanks. I should have thought to check my repository! >>>>>> >>>>> These suggestions are all quite interesting but seem to be massive >>>>> overkill for >>>>> what (to me) is just wanting a simple warning >>>>> >>>> Sorry, since I don't still have the original email around - what was the >>>> original idea? >>>> >>> I simply want a warning message so that I don't overwrite and existing >>> project. >>> >>> This has happened to me on a number of occasions. >>> >>> A typical scenario is where I load an existing one, then while playing it >>> have a >>> bit of inspiration for an alternative version, get deeply engrossed in this >>> and >>> *forget* that I haven't saved it to a new project name. Stop and save. Bang! >>> I've just wiped out the original that I wanted to keep. >> >> Ah, thanks for the reminder. Yeah, the source code control idea would be way >> over the top for that. >> >> So, when would the warning show up? First time you went to save a project >> after modifying it? First time you open an existing project, something like, >> "Do you want to open a copy of this project?" Both? > >This is a tricky one IMHO because on the other hand when working on >project I also want to be able to always save and not risk losing any >change which comes up. > >So any warning like that should definitely be a switchable on/off option. > >My two cents. >Lorenzo Yes. I'd be quite happy with it being switchable - that was part of my suggestion. -- Will J Godfrey {apparently now an 'elderly'} https://willgodfrey.bandcamp.com/ http://yoshimi.github.io _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-user mailing list Rosegarden-user@lists.sourceforge.net - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
