I guess ultimately this is up to Jeff since he's implementing it, but I think this is going way above and beyond what any user should expect of an application. I have never used any software that tried this hard to handle the "save as" feature without any chance of the user needing to take some follow-up actions such as deleting old auto-generated files, etc. I question the value of creating this amount of complex UI around "save as".
On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 4:44 PM Eeli Kaikkonen <eeli.kaikko...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here's a rough idea of what a confirmation dialog could do: > > [image: image.png] > > I think something like that would be flexible enough to help the user with > most workflows and left the responsibility to the user while being simple > and easy enough to use (although a bit more work to implement, of course). > > Eeli Kaikkonen > > ma 11. marrask. 2019 klo 23.20 Jeff Young (j...@rokeby.ie) kirjoitti: > >> Limiting it to a dash is just because that’s all Kicad generates. The >> user could indeed use anything. >> >> So should we rename any file that starts with the old project name? I >> did have a version that did that, but it seemed too aggressive to me. >> >> On 11 Nov 2019, at 20:56, Eeli Kaikkonen <eeli.kaikko...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> ma 11. marrask. 2019 klo 22.41 Jeff Young (j...@rokeby.ie) kirjoitti: >> >>> Yes, the current algorithm renames files that either match the project >>> name (with any extension), or start with the project name followed by a >>> dash. >>> >> >> Limiting the following character to dash seems arbitrary. Underscore is >> used often, and why it should be limited at all? >> >> Here's one more possible solution. The current file dialog is kept, but >> if any generated or unknown files which begin with the project name are >> found, a new dialog asks if the user wants to rename and copy them or not >> to copy them at all, or maybe copy them as is. >> >> On the other hand, what to do with other files which don't begin with the >> project name? Should they be confirmed and copied (as is), too? >> >> What about the backup files? >> >> I can see two use cases: rename the project (replace the old one); and >> copy the project to be a base for a new one. In the former case renaming >> and keeping about everything could be desired. In the latter case all but >> the basic project files would probably be ditched. >> >> In the case of renaming I'm also interested in knowing how it affects >> version control, for example git, if the project is a repository. That must >> be tested, I think. >> >> Eeli Kaikkonen >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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