Done!

Thank you for the hint, Antoine ;)

Jakob

https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/issues/746



On 18 Sep 2019, at 20:47, Antoine Rousseau 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

Regarding the bug report, you can just fill a new issue in the github repo: 
https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data

Antoine


Le mer. 18 sept. 2019 à 19:57, jakob skouborg 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> a écrit :
> I have to agree - I'm used to having the "save as" start up with the existing
> filename, with the text selected so that you can just type in a new one from
> scratch, or hit the right-arrow to just edit the last letter or digit of the
> name.

Yes, to me that makes the most sense too, rather than starting from “untitled”.

>> I hope we all agree on that :-) "save as" should start at the current file 
>> name, that's the convention and IMO there's absolutely no reason for doing 
>> it differently. As people have already noted, the "save as" dialog will 
>> already warn you when you try to overwrite an existing file.
>>
>> I would do a PR but I'm busy right now. You might file a bug report, so we 
>> don't forget.
>>
>> Christof


Thanks, I will do the bug report. I actually already did that long time ago, 
but it was closed it pretty much right away.

I don’t remember how to do the bug report, but I will find out again and do it 
ASAP.

Thanks for the understanding and have a great day!

Jakob


> On 18 Sep 2019, at 19:54, Miller Puckette 
> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> I have to agree - I'm used to having the "save as" start up with the existing
> filename, with the text selected so that you can just type in a new one from
> scratch, or hit the right-arrow to just edit the last letter or digit of the
> name.
>
> Git's cool, but when I'm working with others the name+number convention
> often helps a lot.
>
> cheers
> Miller
>
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 07:50:36PM +0200, Christof Ressi wrote:
>>> Cause to me it doesn???t make sense at all.
>>
>> I hope we all agree on that :-) "save as" should start at the current file 
>> name, that's the convention and IMO there's absolutely no reason for doing 
>> it differently. As people have already noted, the "save as" dialog will 
>> already warn you when you try to overwrite an existing file.
>>
>> I would do a PR but I'm busy right now. You might file a bug report, so we 
>> don't forget.
>>
>> Christof
>>
>>> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 18. September 2019 um 19:26 Uhr
>>> Von: "jakob skouborg" 
>>> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
>>> An: "IOhannes m zmoelnig" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
>>> Cc: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" 
>>> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
>>> Betreff: Re: [PD-dev] Naming of patch when doing a "save as"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> the days of "Copy of Copy of Kopie von Comb filter 1.2 (17.12.1997)
>>>> final copy.pd" ought to be gone for good.
>>>
>>> That is not what what I am saying or expecting.
>>>
>>> It is really very simple, just start from the name of last time the patch 
>>> was saved,
>>> like basically any other app in the world does today. Then anyone can write 
>>> what
>>> they want from there.
>>>
>>>
>>>> if you want to do versioning of patches, you probably should look into a
>>>> proper version-control-system, like 'git'.
>>>> seriously.
>>>
>>>
>>> I think that is overcomplicating the "save as" function a little bit.
>>>
>>>
>>>> and while i still don't have much of an opinion about the suggested
>>>> filename, i think that the suggestion shouldn't contain spaces at all
>>>> (alternatively you find a simple way to load abstractions with spaces in
>>>> their name).
>>>
>>>
>>> The name heres was just an example.
>>>
>>> Of course I call abstractions something else, without spaces.
>>>
>>> I am talking about main/master patches. All though you can still call them 
>>> ???Patchname1???, etc.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I am just curious about that the rationale is for starting from 
>>> ???untitled???,
>>> instead of last saved name? Cause to me it doesn???t make sense at all.
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 17 Sep 2019, at 10:00, IOhannes m zmoelnig 
>>>> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 16.09.19 18:05, jakob skouborg wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I often do a lot of versioning when making complex patches, to avoid
>>>>> ruining them. So most of my patches have numbers included.
>>>>>
>>>>> Like for example "Comb filter 1.0???
>>>>
>>>> ah yes, *that* use-case.
>>>>
>>>> if you want to do versioning of patches, you probably should look into a
>>>> proper version-control-system, like 'git'.
>>>> seriously.
>>>> the days of "Copy of Copy of Kopie von Comb filter 1.2 (17.12.1997)
>>>> final copy.pd" ought to be gone for good.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> and while i still don't have much of an opinion about the suggested
>>>> filename, i think that the suggestion shouldn't contain spaces at all
>>>> (alternatively you find a simple way to load abstractions with spaces in
>>>> their name).
>>>>
>>>> gmasdr
>>>> IOhannes
>>>>
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