[Sugar-devel] [sugarlabs/sugar-toolkit-gtk3] Save As Popup (#327)

[James Cameron]

I did, and have again.  I reassert my statements; please be detailed
if you have different data.

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 01:54:37PM +0800, Tony Anderson wrote:
> See Browse PR#49
> 
> Tony
> 
> On 04/25/2017 01:27 PM, James Cameron wrote:
> >Your point wasn't clear, and it doesn't test out either.
> >
> >Browse-200 on Sugar 0.110 does not override the journal entry title if
> >it has been set by the user, and Utkarsh's patch does not change that.
> >
> >There is a use case for giving a saved instance a title; which is
> >where the title that would be used is not satisfactory.
> >
> >I don't see any evidence before the patch that a user supplied title
> >is overridden.
> >
> >On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 01:07:21PM +0800, Tony Anderson wrote:
> >>My point was clear. The fact that Browse overrides the user-supplied
> >>title of the saved state is not likely to be a problem in practice.
> >>It is hard to imagine a use case where a user wants to give a saved
> >>instance of Browse a specific name so that the urls collectively can
> >>be restored some months later or so the user can reflect on his
> >>search at the time.
> >>
> >>But Utkarsh is certainly correct, Browse has no business overriding
> >>the user supplied title.
> >>
> >>I hope this is more understandable.
> >>
> >>Tony
> >>
> >>
> >>On 04/25/2017 09:39 AM, James Cameron wrote:
> >>>On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 09:28:00AM +0800, Tony Anderson wrote:
> >>>>The page https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Save-As has been
> >>>>edited to provide more information on the feature and to update it
> >>>>to my understanding of the status.
> >>>Thanks.
> >>>
> >>>>I am not sure that the issue with Browse is relevant. Browse does
> >>>>not save a 'document' created by a user. It saves the urls for the
> >>>>open tabs. Therefore, a user supplied name is not useful.
> >>>In Sugar we have journal entries, or journal objects, not documents.
> >>>
> >>>Write saves a document inside a journal entry.
> >>>
> >>>Browse saves URLs for open tabs inside a journal entry.
> >>>
> >>>If you want your feature to only affect Write or certain activities,
> >>>then it should not be in the toolkit affecting every activity.  Are
> >>>there other particular activities that should or should not use your
> >>>feature?
> >>>
> 
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