On 2008-March-18 , at 23:59 , Joshua Facemyer / Impressus Art wrote:
jiho wrote:
part of the point in having it into the export dialog is that: 1/ it can be invoked with a keyboard shortcut already (and if the export button can be focused by default it would make it possible to create a backup by Shift-Control-E + Return) 2/ the dialog can stay open at all time, so you can be just one click away from a backup. Now it just needs to be gtkmmified and thinned a little to fit with the docked ones.
I'm going to argue for the shortcut, in part because the one for "Save a copy" is already there, and in part because the incremental copy one will save a lot of trouble (clicking or entering, switching focus - adds up if you do it a lot).
And besides, the point of these was also to have preset options inputted to the export dialog so that they work painlessly, instead of changing all kinds of stuff for each type of copy-save or export you want to do.
No problem with me at all. that all makes sense. I'm just trying to get a feeling of the different possibilities through this discussion. Please add it to the blueprint so that it stays on record? If it could be called "Save a backup" and not "Save a copy" in the end it would make me happy ;) Oh and by the way, does GTK have dynamic menus, in the sense that the menu shows something in its default state and shows something different when a modifier is pressed. This would allow to show [Save as CTRL+SHIFT+S] in the default state, and when ALT is pressed, show: [Save a backup CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+S] This makes more functionality fit in less menu space and hides some complexity from the first sight. I am not sure it would be the best option for this particular one but this was an opportunity to ask.
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