Thanks! Your ternary proposal sounds great, and better than what is
currently in VIDLE. I don't understand how/why Polo's work in this area has
vanished, but maybe it doesn't matter.

Bruce

On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Terry Reedy <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 9/16/2013 1:10 AM, Bruce Sherwood wrote:
>
> Perhaps we should make the current option ternary.
> "When running code from an editor window, prompt to save
> [] any unsaved  [] 'Untitled' only  [] never"
>
> 'Untitled only' appears to be what the current 'no prompt' actually means.
> 'Never' would be the new option, as it would actually mean 'never'. (I
> would use this for short throwaway code ;-). Untitled files would be saved
> somewhere (to be decided). The saved file could be listed in Recent files
> so it can be retrieved in the next session. (After a crash or freeze, for
> instance.) 'New window' would still bring up a blank window. Running a new
> window would over-write any saved Untitled window.
>
>
> --
> Terry Jan Reedy
>
>
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