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> 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: image.png] > > Eeli Kaikkonen > > su 10. marrask. 2019 klo 0.31 Jeff Young (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 >> 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 >
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