[Gambas-user] Naming/Renaming projects

[Matti]

Hi Rolf,

to your 1st point:
in gb3 there is a wizard, asking first for the directory (and you can create a 
new one), then asking for the name and the title of the project.
This should be ok, don't you think so?

2nd point:
(also gb3)
In the opening dialog you can see clearly if it is a folder or a gambas project. 
Just look at the icons.

Matti


Am 06.02.2012 12:37, schrieb Rolf-Werner Eilert:
> 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