Package: xfig Version: 1:3.2.5-alpha5-3 Severity: minor I tried to save over an existing file.fig That file.fig happened to be a zero-length file. Saving worked, but I was hampered because xfig popped up a message telling me that the file was an invalid .fig file.
Such a message is of course necessary when trying to open a file for use, but I wasn't doing that. I believe xfig tried to open it for reading in order to provide a preview the way xfig usually does when selecting filenames. It'd be much better if the preview simply fail silently, or the error message could be rendered in the window space set aside for preview when this happen. There was no use for the message because _I_ wasn't trying to use the file contents at all - I wanted to overwrite it with something new. It was xfig itself who wanted a look at the file contents, not me. An error message in such a case is only annoying. Popups are bad user interfaces at the best of times, but a chore when I not even have _use_ for the message. Suggestion: Don't bother showing error messages about invalid files when doing a "save as" operation, because the user are going to destroy the file anyway. (Attempting a preview is a nice touch in that it lets me see what I am bout to destroy - but if the preview cannot be done just skip it.) I must say that xfig is a great program, thanks for making and packaging it. This is only a minor annoyance, hence the minor severity. Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'experimental'), (800, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-rc3-mm1 Locale: LANG=no_NO.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=no_NO.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages xfig depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libjpeg62 6b-9 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-1 PNG library - runtime ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System Session Management ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System protocol client li ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii libxi6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System Input extension li ii libxmu6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System miscellaneous util ii libxpm4 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X pixmap library ii libxt6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Toolkit Intrinsics ii xaw3dg 1.5+E-8 Xaw3d widget set ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-3 compression library - runtime -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
