Re: [Nemiver-list] Session dialog

["Jonathon Jongsma" <jonathon jongsma domain hid>]

On 9/28/06, Dodji Seketeli <dodji domain hid> wrote:
> Hey Jonner,
>
>
> On 9/28/06, Jonathon Jongsma <jonathon jongsma domain hid> wrote:
> > So here's what I've been thinking about a little bit:
> >
> > When nemiver starts without a commandline option, it could pop up a
> > dialog asking if you want to load an existing session or start a new
> > debugging session.  If you select 'new session', then you select the
> > executable to debug (like the current "Execute" dialog).  I'll include a
> > glade file of a proposed initial popup dialog.
> >
> > Does this sound like a good idea or not?  I'm generally not a big fan of
> > dialogs, but it might work in this case.  I'm not sure...
>
> Well, we could also propose a "file -> past sessions" menu. When the
> user selects
> that menu, a dialog pops up, showing the list of existing sessions and
> their properties values. There user can re-launch an existing session
> from that dialog.
>
> That prevents us from showing a dialog each time nemiver is launched.
>
> I don't know which solution is the best, though.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dodji.

Yes, I think your idea is better.  Although I think I would call it
something like "file -> saved sessions".  Would you suggest allowing
the user to edit session values in this dialog (e.g. change
environment variables, etc.) or just to execute (or remove) old
sessions?

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jonner