On Mon, Nov 09, 2015 at 08:04:29AM +0000, Guillaume Munch wrote: > Le 06/11/2015 10:35, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes a écrit : > >Le 06/11/2015 04:16, Scott Kostyshak a écrit : > >>>I also agree that it's better to replace the alert with a message on > >>>stderr. I noticed that there are already similar messages on the > >>>terminal when files cannot be removed. > >>> > >>>Attached is a patch. Shall I commit it? > >> > >>Although I personally like this (as I noted above), I think we should > >>get opinions from a couple of other LyX developers. From a quick search, > >>we have been giving a dialog for more than 10 years so there might be a > >>good reason for it. > > > >I think that a stderr message is good enough. I do not remember a > >discussion about having this dialog. If you want to know, find when it > >was introduced, and look at lyx-devel archives from this time. > > > >JMarc > > > > > > I suggest that people who requested this patch decide whether they want to > do this extra check, or ask me to commit already. :)
I think this idea has simmered for long enough. Thanks for your patience, Guillaume. And thanks for the patch. Please commit. Scott