[Geany] Re: Geany Digest, Vol 18, Issue 9

[John Gabriele]

On 4/24/07, François Cami <fcami at winsoft.fr> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:32:08 -0400
> "John Gabriele" <jmg3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 4/24/07, Mikhail Savitsky <mikhail.savitsky at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Add to file menu "Save copy as..."
> > >
> > > This used to be common on many Mac IDEs. Very useful e.g. when editing
> > > a system file,
> > > when you want to save an original.
> > >
> >
> > Well, there's already a "Save As" menu item. What exactly do you want
> > "Save copy as..." to do, and how would it be different from "Save As"?
>
> "Save As..." opens the saved file afterwards.
> "Save copy as..." would not open the copy (the original file is still in
> the editor).

So, you open a file, you make some changes to it and the editor
indicates that it's been modified but not saved. You choose "Save Copy
As", pick a file name, and after that new file is saved, the editor is
still showing you the original file -- still indicating that it's been
modified and not saved?

If that's the case, I'm not sure what the point is. To get the
original file back to its previous state, you either have to close it
and don't save, or else undo your way back. Why wouldn't you just cp
the original file beforehand, then edit that copy directly?

What I could see maybe being useful would be to add these checkboxes
to the "Save As" dialog:

[_] Open saved-as file in new tab
[_] Reload original file

(where the 2nd one only becomes active if the first one is checked).