[Geany-Devel] [Geany-devel] [PATCH] File saving dialog behavior

[Nick Treleaven]

On 09/11/2012 17:39, Nick Treleaven wrote:
> On 05/11/2012 22:45, Lex Trotman wrote:
>> On 6 November 2012 02:02, Colomban Wendling
>> <lists.ban at herbesfolles.org>wrote:
>>
>>> Le 03/05/2012 13:41, Quentin Glidic a écrit :
>>>> The main point is about the “Rename†, the unsaved file one (last
>>>> commit message line) is a bonus.
>>>
>>> I agree that "Open in new tab" shouldn't have precedence over "Rename".
>
> The patch looks like it removes the disabling of Rename so it is always
> enabled. I'm not sure that's a good idea, but then the 'Open in new tab'
> checkbox should probably be a button itself - only it would make the
> buttons too wide with that caption. 'Open in new tab' is not an action
> that should typically be repeated.
...
> 'Open in new tab' could perhaps be superseded by File->'Save a Copy'.
> The user could then open the saved copy from the recent files menu if
> they want. This would be clearer and more intuitive than the current
> 'Open in new tab' behaviour.

I now have a different solution which I think packages the current use 
cases in a better way - see:

https://github.com/ntrel/geany/commits/document-clone