<p dir="auto">(This is an attempt to address various comments from <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="1063003478" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/geany/geany/issues/3018" data-hovercard-type="pull_request" data-hovercard-url="/geany/geany/pull/3018/hovercard" href="https://github.com/geany/geany/pull/3018">#3018</a> - check this pull request for more details.)</p>
<p dir="auto">Improve user experience when creating new projects<br>
At the moment, when creating a project, the user is greeted with the<br>
dialog containing:</p>
<ol dir="auto">
<li>Name</li>
<li>Filename</li>
<li>Base path</li>
</ol>
<p dir="auto">The user is expected to type the name of the project into (1), and then,<br>
Geany tries to guess the base path and file name. The guess simply takes<br>
the project directory specified in settings and appends the name. When the<br>
project is located anywhere else than in the projects directory,<br>
the guessed values are wrong and have to be entered manually which is<br>
quite annoying. In addition, the dialog doesn't make it clear that the<br>
user should start with (1), when he starts with (2) or (3), he has to<br>
fill in all 3 values manually.</p>
<p dir="auto">This patch adds another method of project creation which is more<br>
suitable for creating projects from existing directory with source<br>
files. There's a new "Project->New from Folder..." option that in<br>
the first step asks user to provide the base path and based on this<br>
path fills in the entries in the New Project dialog.</p>
<p dir="auto">With this approach, Project->New from Folder...:<br>
a. First pops up a open directory dialog to specify base path<br>
b. After that, opens the (currently used) New Project dialog which<br>
is pre-filled in the following way:</p>
<ol dir="auto">
<li>Name: The last directory in base_path</li>
<li>Filename: depending on "store project file inside the project base<br>
directory" settings either in base_path/(1).geany or projects_dir/(1).geany</li>
<li>Base path: path specified in (a)</li>
</ol>
<p dir="auto">This way, in most cases, the user will only have to select the base<br>
directory in the first step and use the pre-filled values without<br>
any modification no matter whether the project is stored in the projects<br>
directory or not.</p>
<p dir="auto">After this patch, there will be 2 different ways to create projects:</p>
<ol dir="auto">
<li>Project->New - more suitable for creating empty projects from scratch<br>
inside the "projects" directory</li>
<li>Project->New from Folder - more suitable for creating projects from<br>
existing sources</li>
</ol>
<hr>
<h4>You can view, comment on, or merge this pull request online at:</h4>
<p> <a href='https://github.com/geany/geany/pull/3042'>https://github.com/geany/geany/pull/3042</a></p>
<h4>Commit Summary</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/geany/geany/pull/3042/commits/a001962f90f2316d96b931f1ee0cd2ad7f4580ea" class="commit-link">a001962</a> Improve user experience when creating new projects</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/geany/geany/pull/3042/commits/5d5c26fbb9dfff412d6397044d5a2c56fcdf9a90" class="commit-link">5d5c26f</a> Add keybindings for "Project->New from Folder"</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/geany/geany/pull/3042/commits/f8159cfb6f374f7294a003aac3bec28a40024659" class="commit-link">f8159cf</a> Store project files in base directory by default</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/geany/geany/pull/3042/commits/e2f081dff45534f2af1bae5cd1652a806537ffc6" class="commit-link">e2f081d</a> Make the New Project dialog a little wider</li>
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<h4>Patch Links:</h4>
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<li><a href='https://github.com/geany/geany/pull/3042.patch'>https://github.com/geany/geany/pull/3042.patch</a></li>
<li><a href='https://github.com/geany/geany/pull/3042.diff'>https://github.com/geany/geany/pull/3042.diff</a></li>
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