On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 01:43:49PM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> (Might want to save a ".dat" file that contained the full name,
> un-filesystem-ized, for that.)
Not a bad idea, but consider also saving in the .png the un-filesystem-ized
title, as the png standard allows for a number of key/text pairs to be
stored in its info. The standard "Title" field ought to do. This will help
if the .png is ever separated from its .dat file. If importing a .png
into tuxpaint from an outside source, you could first check for the title in
the .dat file, and if not present, use the one embedded in the .png (if
pressent).
> I think I'd prefer to do a simply one-line text type-in field, rather
> than providing access to the OS's "Save As..." file browser dialog.
You underestimate how prolific our budding young artists can be. My
children can churn out dozens of pictures per sitting. This is bound to
lead to conflicting filenames.[1]
I don't know if a standard file browser is called for, however. Is there
any way you could extend our "Open" image browser to support Save As too,
perhaps by incremental search? Let's say the child starts typing:
"C" "a" "t"
The "C" brings the first "C" drawing into view, and by the time "a" and "t"
are typed, the first drawing with a title starting with the string "Cat" is
in the upper left quadrant of the image browser. In this way, a child is
given enough immediate visual feedback to give the drawing a name that does
not conflict. If the child presses "Enter" when the filename exactly
matches, a dialog box should pop up asking the child if the existing file
should be overwritten or not.
Ben
[1] Also, I am teaching my children to classify pictures into
subdirectories so that they can keep track of them all. It
would be nice in future if Tuxpaint supported subdirectories
in the "Open" dialog. But that's a whole different kettle of,
er, herring.
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