RE: File selection dialog changes

["Fox, Kevin M" <kmfox bhi010 bhi-erc com>]

That is a little obscure. Someone would see the file already exists and then
not save it with that name.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Bradley Bell [SMTP:bradleyb@shelob.classrooms.washington.edu]
> Sent:	Tuesday, December 15, 1998 1:08 PM
> To:	Gnome List
> Subject:	Re: File selection dialog changes
> 
> On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Matthew Brown wrote:
> > directory is broken.  File rename is also important -- what if you go
> > to save a file but realise a file with the same name already exists -- 
> > maybe a previous version?  Without these kind of features you have to
> > go run another program to do this; why?
> > 
> > -Matt
> 
> How's this:
> It should only give you the option to rename if there IS a conflict. i.e.:
> You do a "save as" or whatever,
> and type in "file.txt".
> Then it says: "file.txt exists, would you like to Overwrite the old file,
> Rename the old file, Append (?) the old file, or Cancel (and type a new
> filename)"
> 
> That would seem to me to be the best way to limit choice for new users, if
> that is the goal.
> 
> -brad
> 
> 
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