I think getting rid of Save_As would be a very bad idea. I almost always start a new graphic with an existing file that I review to make sure it will suit the purpose and then ' save_as' the new document in the appropriate location. I never ever have a need to 'save_a_copy' and would prefer to see it gone if we are trying to streamline the interface.
Just my vote : )
Stu On Apr 14, 2010, at 3:53 AM, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 18:56 -0600, Alex Trujillo wrote:
If there are red flags in terms of removing Save As, think about it. Save As copies the current document, renames it, with the option to save it as a different format. Save a Copy is much more intuitive, as this will simply just save a copy of the current document only in Inkscape SVG while letting the user rename the document, so this is good for keeping revisions (big_project-1c.svg, big_project-2a.svg, etc), this is valuable.
There's nothing "intuitive" in removing a cross-application standard feature to rely on a related feature that is much less common.
So the sole difference between Save_As and Save_a_Copy should be whether you end up with the new document opened (replacing the association to the previous file). I'd have a hard time arguing that one of these is "better" than the other, but as it happens, one of them is common.
A problem that I have sometimes, that would be the same in both cases, is that I sometimes would like to rename an open file in place (changing the filename on disk and name of the open file in one go). Currently I would do a Save_As and then later on delete the previous file.
(Users without a good concept about this file-on-disk vs file-in-memory business must live in hell.)
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