I think a preference setting that specifies if you do or do not add "-coot-#" to the file name is the best solution. Or even better - let user define the format (with "original_name-coot-%d.pdb" % next_version as default).
Theoretically coot now does it in the safest way, as you are not at risk of overwriting something without being explicitly warned. I too hate when folder listings become unmanageable because of all the crumbs - maybe there could be a "cleanup" option of deleting everything but the latest copies of everything. Cheers, Ed. On Fri, 2010-06-11 at 16:14 +0200, Miguel Ortiz Lombardia wrote: > I've been a fan of this idea since coot 0.0.33 or so :-) Great to see others > think it would be useful. > > Another possibility would be a preference setting to always make a backup of > the original coordinates file. Kind of what emacs does. > > Best, > > > Miguel > > Le 9 juin 2010 à 11:47, Tim Gruene a écrit : > > > Grand idea, I support it! > > > > On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 11:07:16AM +0200, Dirk Kostrewa wrote: > >> Dear Paul, > >> > >> another point for your wish list: usually, I save coordinates quite > >> frequently during a model building session, giving always the same name > >> for that session like "myproject-coot6.pdb". Coot always asks me to > >> select a file name and appends "-coot-0" before the ".pdb", which I find > >> quite tedious. My suggestion is: offer both a "Save Coordinates", with > >> only an initial query for the output file name, and a "Save Coordinates > >> as ..." option. That would offer the user to either quickly overwrite > >> the initial output file or save the coordinates to a new output file > >> name. > >> > >> Best regards, > >> > >> Dirk. > >> > >> -- > >> > >> ******************************************************* > >> Dirk Kostrewa > >> Gene Center Munich, A5.07 > >> Department of Biochemistry > >> Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München > >> Feodor-Lynen-Str. 25 > >> D-81377 Munich > >> Germany > >> Phone: +49-89-2180-76845 > >> Fax: +49-89-2180-76999 > >> E-mail: kostr...@genzentrum.lmu.de > >> WWW: www.genzentrum.lmu.de > >> ******************************************************* > > > > -- > > -- > > Tim Gruene > > Institut fuer anorganische Chemie > > Tammannstr. 4 > > D-37077 Goettingen > > > > GPG Key ID = A46BEE1A > > > > -- Miguel > > Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques (UMR6098) > CNRS, Universités d'Aix-Marseille I & II > Case 932, 163 Avenue de Luminy, 13288 Marseille cedex 9, France > Tel: +33(0) 491 82 55 93 > Fax: +33(0) 491 26 67 20 > e-mail: miguel.ortiz-lombar...@afmb.univ-mrs.fr > > > -- Coot verendus est
