Re: [PD] [PD-dev] Naming of patch when doing a "save as"

2019-09-19 Thread Max
I'll add another rationale just for completeness: When having multiple top level patches, abstractions and sub-patches open, displaying the original filename in the dialog gives the user another confirmation which of the open windows the "save as" command is referring to. On 18.09.19 19:54,

Re: [PD] [PD-dev] Naming of patch when doing a "save as"

2019-09-18 Thread Miller Puckette
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

Re: [PD] [PD-dev] Naming of patch when doing a "save as"

2019-09-18 Thread Christof Ressi
> 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