well.. in terms of priority. I installed a new MacOSX over the weekend and the "Style" dialog bug is gone now. However, one can still not save Datasets with "Save Dataset As..." without overwriting an existing file - since no new name can be written. ..sadly...
stefan On 17/10/2011 2:46 PM, Michaël Michaud wrote: > Hi Ede, > > There are several strata of development : > > - The original open/save dialog from vivid with a clear separation > between format and extension, as explained by Martin. > - The addition of several datasource access plugins (wms, databases, > images...) > - The new Open Datasource framework which tried to uniformise datasource > access > > I think that it has been a user choice to keep the old open file dialog > somewhere (actually, category right-click context menu) > And maybe a design choice (or limitation) to rework the open dialog, and > not the save dialog. > > Would probably worth merging some parts at some point. I would not put > high priority on this task, but if you have a clear idea about where to > go to simplify without loosing capability. > > Michaël > > Le 17/10/2011 20:26, edgar.sol...@web.de a écrit : >> why do we have several file dialogues anyway? >> >> shouldn't we strive to merge them into one only? >> >> ..ede >> >> >> On 15.10.2011 21:15, Sunburned Surveyor wrote: >>> The last suggestion by Martin Davis makes sense to me. >>> >>> Landon >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Martin Davis<mtncl...@telus.net> wrote: >>>> So is the behaviour: >>>> >>>> - if Filter By Extension is unchecked, then the user can select any file >>>> and any format >>>> - if Filter By Extension is checked, then the user selects a file and >>>> the format is determined from the extension >>>> >>>> ? >>>> >>>> Would an even simpler alternative be to determine the format from the >>>> extension, where this is unabiguous, and if it is ambiguous or >>>> undetermined then let the user choose the desired format? >>>> >>>> So examples are: >>>> - if a .SHP file is chosen, the format is set to Shapefile automatically. >>>> - if a .ZIP or .XML file is chosen, the user must choose the appropriate >>>> format >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> So there is only one dropdown for Format, and then the checkbox >>>> >>>> On 10/14/2011 12:59 AM, edgar.sol...@web.de wrote: >>>>>> On 10/13/2011 2:24 AM, edgar.sol...@web.de wrote: >>>>>>> On 13.10.2011 01:02, Martin Davis wrote: >>>>>>>> One reason for having the double choice of both format and file name is >>>>>>>> that there are formats (such as GML) which don't have a standard file >>>>>>>> extension that can be used to drive the choice of format. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Also, in JUMP originally we supported a zipped shapefile concept. It >>>>>>>> had the extension .zip, but was read by the Shapefile driver. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> One thing that could be do would be to use the file extension to drive >>>>>>>> the initial format setting, but allow it to be overridden for files >>>>>>>> with >>>>>>>> non-specific extensions. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> How about a checkbox 'filter by extension', which can be disabled >>>>>>> allowing to select any file with any selection in the format dropdown? >>>>>>> >>>>>> Ok, but I'm not sure how this solves the problem of determining the >>>>>> format of a file with an unknown extension? >>>>>> >>>>> there is no determination. but, it allows users to assign a format of >>>>> their choice to a file of their choice and try to open it. >>>>> >>>>> seen? ede >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a >>>>> definitive record of customers, application performance, security >>>>> threats, fraudulent activity and more. 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