Isn't this this the same behavior as File->New? We should keep the path creation behavior consistent.
On 11/11/19 10:56 AM, Jon Evans wrote: > FWIW, we are considering moving to the "create a folder for the project" > to be a requirement rather than an option, in case that impacts this > feature. > Or rather, it would be a requirement that there be one KiCad project per > folder, not necessarily that automatically creating a folder would be a > requirement. > > -Jon > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 10:54 AM Eeli Kaikkonen > <eeli.kaikko...@gmail.com <mailto:eeli.kaikko...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I hope you don't mind I give some first impressions here. I can move > these to bug database if needed. > > Before trying it's unclear what the file dialog selects. I created a > new directory (with the name of the new project), went inside it and > gave the project name in the dialog. "All files *.*" filter was > available there. That is a hint that we are talking about a file. > However, KiCad created a new directory inside the selected one and > placed the renamed files there. I would like to see unambiguous > information about what KiCad is going to do. > > In my opinion a dedicated dialog would be better. It would have: > - A textbox and folder selection icon for the folder path. > - A textbox for the new project name (only the name, no path, no > file extensions). > - Checkbox for "create a new folder with the project name". This > would create a new folder inside the folder which was selected above. > > Maybe it would be best to have checkboxes for "copy and rename > generated and unknown files". My use case this time is that I'm > going to reuse part of the old project as a template. None of the > generated files, backups etc. are used there. > > The current result is here (embedded picture). As you can see, it's > uneven. Some gerber files were renamed, some not. > (...Handle_Mainboard is the original name, ...TOF is the new). > > image.png > > Eeli Kaikkonen > > su 10. marrask. 2019 klo 0.31 Jeff Young (j...@rokeby.ie > <mailto:j...@rokeby.ie>) kirjoitti: > > He he… I know our users. I can be sure of a bug report even if > I get it right. ;) > > > I never make reports about something which is done right :) > > > > This is exactly why I never tackled this one. Anytime your > are trying > > to deal with complex relative path changes, the code gets > rather messy. > > I doubt this will affect many users but you can be rest > assured of a > > bug report if you get it wrong. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp