I agree that we should have a File/Save As. I think that non java file handling is a very weak point in IDEA that should be resolved before 3.0 release. One example that has been submitted so many times is the inability in IntelliJ to copy or move any non java file. With Save As at least we would have the Copy which would make more sense than a refactoring menu. We would still need to be able to move. I am not however so eager on a normal File menu. I haven't felt the need for one since usually the need comes within the context that has already be exposed in the Project View. I find it then easier to right click in the folder/package and do a New File. However I can understand that for the sake of new users/intuitive behavior we should have a File/New... . This action would not create an unnamed file but would ask the location and name of the file.
PS: Another inconsistency is the fact that Refactor/Rename is not present in the editor contextual menu but only from the Project menu. Why I wonder? Jacques "Joachim Sauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Neil Galarneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 09:08:36 -0600, "Amnon I. Govrin" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [snip create "New File", "Save File", ...] > > > > I agree - +1 > > > > IDEA is file based - this is nothing to be ashamed of! > > I tend to disagree. > > Actually I don't happen to think of files in IDEA (at least not when I > handle java code). The Project view shows classes and packages where > java code exists, it shows Files and Directories for everything else. > > It is some kind of hybrid actually, but I think it is pretty well done. > > For non-java files it might make sense, but I see no case where I'd > like to copy a java file: > > - if I need it for backup then LVCS/CVS is not good enough and should > be enhanced > - if I need a new similar class I should use copy class (besides from > using real OO). > > Another thing that comes to my mind: Where should this new file lie? > There's no concept of a unnamed file in idea and I'd _hate_ to see that > added, 'cause it makes me pretty uneasy to know that I'm editing > something that has no physical backing store. > > > Neil > > all of this is IMHO of course > > regards > Joachim Sauer > > P.S.: Could we use Netiquette here? Like quoting before the answer? > > -- > Hungarian Notation is the tactical nuclear weapon of source code > obfuscation techniques > - http://mindprod.com/unmainnaming.html _______________________________________________ Eap-features mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.jetbrains.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features
