I have been frustrated with the J new file UI. Example: I am thinking about creating a new script. I am not sure if I have already created it. Let's call this script 'noise.ijs'
Possible interaction with J for this case: Control-N wait for window to appear (for example, if my J session was swapped out) move mouse then select File->Save As... (or use platform dependent key sequence) move mouse then click on parent directory icon move mouse then [double] click on user directory name check for 'noise.ijs' If name does not exist: replace 123.ijs with noise hit enter If name does exist: ESC move mouse and close edit window (or system dependent key strokes) Control-O move mouse then [double] click on noise.ijs That's a lot of work what should be a simple operation -- "open a script which is probably new on this machine (but might not be)". Note also that at this point I have created a bogus empty file which has no relation to what I wanted to accomplish. I could rearrange those steps, by first checking if the file name does exist, but that would not eliminate these bogus files for all cases. This probably leads to some additional steps, such as: Control-O move mouse then click on parent directory icon move mouse then [double] click on Temp directory name find the most recently created numbered file right click on it and delete it ESC I wish I could hit Control-O and if the file name I type in does not exist I get an "are you sure?" prompt? (Which would either cancel the operation or create the newly named file, depending on how I answer.) I also wonder at the utility of the "Delete numbered file" popup which shows up at window close time but not at save as some other file name time. It seems to me that logically speaking this popup should appear at file abandonment time -- and Save As... should be treated as one of those times if its new name is different from the old numeric name. Am I overlooking something useful here? Thanks, -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
