On 7/12/07, Enrico Tröger enrico.troeger@uvena.de wrote:
I'm sorry. I didn't read your mail carefully enough :(. I thought we are talking about the status window.
My bad, really, I had a feeling that mail was a little confusing.
So, there are three possible solutions: a) just skip the file saved message in the status bar (not in the status window) b) skip all file action related messages in the status bar (not in the status window) c) add a preference to suppress all status messages in the status bar (also messages about find results and similars) I would prefer solution a or b.
Not to sound contrary, but I really think "c" is the best solution. I don't know of any other GUI editor that overrides the line/column indicator every time it has something else to say. Also, it took me some time of using Geany before I even noticed the "search term not found" message in the status bar, and I still catch myself clicking the "find" button over and over and wondering what just happened, expecting to get a "not found" message box like I do with most other editors.
So to put it another way, I think the line/column indicators should have their very own "reserved" parking space, that failed searches should have their own prominent dialog box, and that file saved/opened/created messages are of very little interest to most users, unless of course the operation failed for some reason.
- Jeff