[Gambas-user] Naming/Renaming projects

[Jesus]

El 06/02/12 12:37, Rolf-Werner Eilert escribió:
> This is just minor IDE thing, but it confuses me each time I want to 
> start a new project. Guess this hasn't changed in Gambas3, correct me if 
> I'm wrong, I just can't check on this machine here at the moment.
> 
> In the dialog that asks for the project title and name, the explanations 
> for the two input fields don't make the purposes of the input texts 
> quite clear to me: Which one is for the directory, and which one means 
> the "internal" title for the project?
> 
> I do see a distinction here necessary, the directory name may be a brief 
> of the project title for instance. Or I want a directory name without 
> spaces ("new20") but a title that says "My new project 2.0". But each 
> time I start, I'm unsure what to type where, so I tend to type the same 
> thing (directory name) into both fields.
> 
> The second point is, when I want to open an existing project, I'm asked 
> for the directory, right? But the dialog is a file-opening one, so if 
> you don't know, you get confused here: Do I have to point to a concrete 
> file, or is it ok to point to a directory only?
> 
> Then there is a third thing which in turn has to do with my first issue: 
> I wanted to rename a project, making a new directory for it (i. e. 
> making a copy but also a new name). As I'm not sure what happens when I 
> change the name of the project from within the IDE (Save As asks for a 
> directory AND filename... so what do I need to give? Both? Only a 
> directory name? And what happens to the project title then?) I simply 
> made a copy and renamed it by hand.
> 
> Loading this new one I was surprised to find the new directory name in 
> the IDE title - not the old project title string. This made me think: 
> What do I have to give a project title for if it isn't used anyway :-)
> 
> So shouldn't these dialogs be thought over in terms of user 
> friendliness, what do you think?
> 
> Rolf

+1

I totally agree

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Jesus Guardon