[Geany-devel] save all on build - Re: Patches required by gproject

[Lex Trotman]

On 20 June 2010 03:37, Frank Lanitz <frank at frank.uvena.de> wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 08:22:07 +1000
> Lex Trotman <elextr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 19 June 2010 03:22, Nick Treleaven <nick.treleaven at btinternet.com>
>> wrote:
>> > On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:42:59 +1000
>> > Lex Trotman <elextr at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> >> I remember there was some discussion about saving everything
>> >> >> when I started the build system changes.  I don't remember why
>> >> >> it wasn't done. Can anyone think of a reason to not save all
>> >> >> files? If no one can then I'll consider it a bug.
>> >> >
>> >> > What if you didn't want all the files saved? I think it's safe
>> >> > to save the current file as the user is currently looking at it.
>> >> > But they may have modified other files they haven't decided to
>> >> > save yet.
>> >>
>> >> Well until the Geany mind reading module is perfected... :-)
>> >>
>> >> I guess the usual answer, add a preference setting.  I really find
>> >> it a @#$%^ nuisance when I forget to save all the files I want to
>> >> compile :-(
>> >
>> > I don't think it's a good pref for Geany to save all open files.
>> > This pref is perhaps better suited only for files in the current
>> > project's path.
>>
>> Well, it should be at least the tree, not just the path, but the
>> reason for the grouch above was that I had just done it *again*, and
>> all I had was one .hpp and one .cpp, no project in sight.
>>
>> In other words, I don't think its just project related, people who
>> don't use projects are just as likely to make the mistake.
>
> I totally understand your intention behind, but not sure either whether
> its an good idea to save all session files at all. Shift-Ctrl-s is
> already doing something like this. Whether another option can help here
> I doubt, but why not. At least somebody has to build it ;)

Well, since its related I'll include the option in the UI update to
the build system.

Cheers
Lex

>
> Cheers,
> Frank
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