Message: 7 Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 01:27:36 -0700 From: "Ted Gould" <ted@...11...> To: inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] window layout configurable

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On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 00:17, bulia byak wrote:

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2. When saving a document, suggest a name like "untitled.svg".

=20 Ted, is this hard to do?

Okay, I think that this is in CVS right now.

Good idea, but I would extend this a bit more, append a -1 and a function to auto-increment the number to the file name for a given session.

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I also changed it so that the save directory defaults to your home directory instead of the pwd.=20 I don't know if that is a good thing or not. It is probably more intuitive for new users - but it is not how other applications work.

--Ted

Err. No. Very bad behavior IMO. Especially with any kind of program which works with images, art or remotely touches DTP. Why?

Once you begin working with any kind of editing tool + DTP, directory organization becomes *really* important.

One of the most maddening issues some apps on Win2k/Xp is its stubborn insistence on saving everything into "My Documents" instead of staying in the current working directory. This is a MS default btw. I think the MS way is lame but that's another issue. As a test, I tried hacked the win2k registry to make the "My Documents" silliness disappear - you can :-)

Similar behavior with GTK apps is my number one complaint with Gnome/GTK in general. Every app defaults to $home with no possibility to set a default anywhere else. I want inkscape SVG's to be opened and saved into $home/Documents/svg or $home/$client/$project where I have artwork, text and other bits.

If I open a file in $home/$client/webproject/images its maddening to make 3,4,5 clicks to save a file with revisions under a different name. When working with images and artwork, it is common to save several revisions to the same core file, but saved under a variation in the base file name.

Once Inkscape becomes accepted (not long they way you are progressing..)into the pro designers toolkit, cross-platform network awareness is going to be important.

I asked Mental on jabber if it would be possible to specify a default directory to save docs, but he mentioned this might pose a coding issue. Fair enough. Maybe GTK 2.4 will help with this.

In Scribus, we shamelessly used the Open Office method of making a home button in the file save dialog, which can be directed anywhere in the prefs. It just works TM.

Cheers,

Peter "Not wanting to sound whiny about his fav SVG app" Linnell