> I have to agree - I'm used to having the "save as" start up with the existing > filename, with the text selected so that you can just type in a new one from > scratch, or hit the right-arrow to just edit the last letter or digit of the > name.
Yes, to me that makes the most sense too, rather than starting from “untitled”. >> I hope we all agree on that :-) "save as" should start at the current file >> name, that's the convention and IMO there's absolutely no reason for doing >> it differently. As people have already noted, the "save as" dialog will >> already warn you when you try to overwrite an existing file. >> >> I would do a PR but I'm busy right now. You might file a bug report, so we >> don't forget. >> >> Christof Thanks, I will do the bug report. I actually already did that long time ago, but it was closed it pretty much right away. I don’t remember how to do the bug report, but I will find out again and do it ASAP. Thanks for the understanding and have a great day! Jakob > On 18 Sep 2019, at 19:54, Miller Puckette <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have to agree - I'm used to having the "save as" start up with the existing > filename, with the text selected so that you can just type in a new one from > scratch, or hit the right-arrow to just edit the last letter or digit of the > name. > > Git's cool, but when I'm working with others the name+number convention > often helps a lot. > > cheers > Miller > > On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 07:50:36PM +0200, Christof Ressi wrote: >>> Cause to me it doesn???t make sense at all. >> >> I hope we all agree on that :-) "save as" should start at the current file >> name, that's the convention and IMO there's absolutely no reason for doing >> it differently. As people have already noted, the "save as" dialog will >> already warn you when you try to overwrite an existing file. >> >> I would do a PR but I'm busy right now. You might file a bug report, so we >> don't forget. >> >> Christof >> >>> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 18. September 2019 um 19:26 Uhr >>> Von: "jakob skouborg" <[email protected]> >>> An: "IOhannes m zmoelnig" <[email protected]> >>> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>> Betreff: Re: [PD-dev] Naming of patch when doing a "save as" >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> the days of "Copy of Copy of Kopie von Comb filter 1.2 (17.12.1997) >>>> final copy.pd" ought to be gone for good. >>> >>> That is not what what I am saying or expecting. >>> >>> It is really very simple, just start from the name of last time the patch >>> was saved, >>> like basically any other app in the world does today. Then anyone can write >>> what >>> they want from there. >>> >>> >>>> if you want to do versioning of patches, you probably should look into a >>>> proper version-control-system, like 'git'. >>>> seriously. >>> >>> >>> I think that is overcomplicating the "save as" function a little bit. >>> >>> >>>> and while i still don't have much of an opinion about the suggested >>>> filename, i think that the suggestion shouldn't contain spaces at all >>>> (alternatively you find a simple way to load abstractions with spaces in >>>> their name). >>> >>> >>> The name heres was just an example. >>> >>> Of course I call abstractions something else, without spaces. >>> >>> I am talking about main/master patches. All though you can still call them >>> ???Patchname1???, etc. >>> >>> Anyway, I am just curious about that the rationale is for starting from >>> ???untitled???, >>> instead of last saved name? Cause to me it doesn???t make sense at all. >>> >>> Cheers! >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 17 Sep 2019, at 10:00, IOhannes m zmoelnig <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 16.09.19 18:05, jakob skouborg wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I often do a lot of versioning when making complex patches, to avoid >>>>> ruining them. So most of my patches have numbers included. >>>>> >>>>> Like for example "Comb filter 1.0??? >>>> >>>> ah yes, *that* use-case. >>>> >>>> if you want to do versioning of patches, you probably should look into a >>>> proper version-control-system, like 'git'. >>>> seriously. >>>> the days of "Copy of Copy of Kopie von Comb filter 1.2 (17.12.1997) >>>> final copy.pd" ought to be gone for good. >>>> >>>> >>>> and while i still don't have much of an opinion about the suggested >>>> filename, i think that the suggestion shouldn't contain spaces at all >>>> (alternatively you find a simple way to load abstractions with spaces in >>>> their name). >>>> >>>> gmasdr >>>> IOhannes >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Pd-dev mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pd-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> [email protected] mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list _______________________________________________ Pd-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev
