On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:59 PM, Tony Rick <tonyr42@gmail.com> wrote:
At revision 4720.

I'm trying to understand the Tools->Configuration Files Edit/Save behavior, so that I can mimic that in a plugin that does the same thing for template files.  When I select snippets.conf from the Configuration Files submenu, and there is no snippets.conf in ~/.config/geany (app->configdir),  the default  file from /usr/share/geany (app->datadir)  is obviously opened, but a Status message is issued indicating that the file is opened in ~/.config/geany (app->configdir).  I take this to mean that the override convention (files in configdir overriding files of the same name in datadir) is being enforced in the editor.  However, when I save the modified file, using either the Save icon or  File->Save, I am put into a file save dialog, as if I had selected File->Save As. 

Is this the specified behavior?  Having the File->Save As dialog appear when Save is specified is confusing and inconsistent. It seems to me that if the override convention is being enforced, selecting Save should write the modified file to the location reported in the Status window without question, and the save location dialog only offered specifically when Save As is selected.  If the override convention is not being enforced in the editor,  then the Status message is misleading.  The manual does not refer specifically to this behavior, only to the fact that .conf can be manually copied to configdir and modified, and will then override the default file.   I think it is more consistent to have the editor enforce the override file location policy by default on Save, allow File->Save As to be used as an option at the user's discretion, and state the override file location policy and the editor's enforcement of such clearly in the manual.

Here's a simple patch that modifies the Save behavior for config files edited from the Tools->Configuration Files submenu for your consideration.  Config files that are read from the geany data directory (because they did not already exist in the local config directory) will be saved to the local config directory by default.

- tony