Re: gEDA-user: Bug or feature?

[John Coppens <john@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 10:52:18 -0400
Ales Hvezda <ahvezda@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> >I've been playing with gschem/spice for a couple of days now, hoping
> >I can 'sell' it to my students. Most, if not all, are addicted to
> >Windos... While I can't find a use for it, I'll call it a bug:
> >
> >After opening a 'new' page in gschem and changing something in it,
> >there's no way to close the page without saving it (even after
> >cleaning it completely). 'Close page' asks to save it, or cancel the
> >operation. There's no option to 'discard'. Should I file this
> >somewhere?
> 
> 	
> 	The discard option is not under File, it's under Page.  Page/
> Discard It's intentionally put there because it doesn't prompt and is
> rather drastic.

Hi Ales. Thanks. I'd humbly suggest adding a small dialog to 'Close page'
- instead of falling into the 'Save as...' dialog directly. This is
hardly intuitive, and I thought several times I hit the wrong button.

> >Would it be possible to define (preferences) a default directory for
> >models and subcircuits? That way it would not be necessary to define
> >the entire path in each of the components. To remain compatible, I'd
> >suggest that 'file' attributes starting with / be absolute, else use
> >the default directory.
> >
> 
> 	I'll let Stuart answer this as he is more familiar with models
> and subcircuits.

Ok. I just noticed PCB has this too. It would remove the large paths from
each component, and make it easier to move the libraries around if
necessary.

John