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What's the best steps for renaming a unit, that is part of an existing project?
Richard
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Richard Mace wroteWhat's the best steps for renaming a unit, that is part of an existing project?
File -> Save as. And answer yes on the question whether you want to update all references.
Joost.
Wow, I wasn't expecting it to be that easy/cool :)
Thanks Joost
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> What's the best steps for renaming a unit, that is part of an
existing
> project? File -> Save as. And answer yes on the question whether you want to update all references. Wow, I wasn't expecting it to be that easy/cool :)
Not so very cool IMO.
The question was how to *rename* a unit. But this is not a rename. It seems to create a copy and you have to clean up the original version yourself.
Though better than nothing of course.
Joost did forget to mention that between the Save As and the update of the references dialog there is also a dialog which asks you whether you want to delete the original file.
Regards,
Sven
existing Not so very cool IMO. The question was how to *rename* a unit. But this is not a…
J?rgen Hestermann wroteThe question was how to *rename* a unit. But this is not a rename. It seems to create a copy and you have to clean up the original version yourself.
Nope, Joost is correct. Lazarus IDE detects it as a "rename", and prompts you to update all other references and if you want to delete the old unit.
It did ask, and worked exactly as I would expected to.
Richard
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Joost did forget to mention that between the Save As and the update of the references…
That's good news! Was this added recently?
I remember vaguely that I did the same long ago but if I remember right I was not asked about deleting the old version.
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the references dialog there is also a dialog which asks you whether you want to delete the original file.
> That's good news! Was this added recently? I remember vaguely that I did the same long ago but if I remember right I was not asked about deleting the old version.
That dialog is quite old already. I remember it existing in at least 0.9.26 if not earlier.
Regards,
Sven
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Joost did forget to mention that between the Save As and the update of the references…
On 19.04.2012 19:30, J?rgen Hestermann wrote: > Richard Mace schrieb: > > > What's the best steps for renaming a unit, that is part of an
existing
Though it does actually what was intended I still think this is a very crude workaround.
If I don't know about the mentioned behaviour I would not click on "Save as" when I
just want to rename a unit. I would search for a function "Rename" instead. "Save as" is a common function for creating a copy of something. That a dialog will appear that allows deletion of the original version is completely unexpected an unintuitve. Much better would be to offer a "Rename" directly.
J?rgen Hestermann wrote"Save as" is a common function for creating a copy of something. That a dialog will appear that allows deletion of the original version is completely unexpected an unintuitve. Much better would be to offer a "Rename" directly.
If you haven't yet, you should read the book "About Face 3" [1]. It's all about UI design, and the author of that book fully agrees with you (and so do I). "Save as" is rather ambiguous, and should probably be "Save as copy" or "Save a copy" in all applications. But as you suggested, "Rename" makes the intention crystal clear. :)
[1] About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design http://www.amazon.com/About-Face-Essentials-Interaction-Design/dp/0470084111
[...] suggested, "Rename" makes the intention crystal clear. :)
Never underestimate the universe.
Some people distinguish between rename, move, change type.
"Save As" can move a unit/form to another directory and the IDE will ask if unit search paths should be removed and/or added.
If someone wants to implement a rename, for example in the project inspector, patches are welcome.
Mattias
> suggested, "Rename" makes the intention crystal clear. :) Never underestimate the universe. Some people distinguish between rename, move, change type.
Yes.
So a distinct function for each would make it clear.
Yes, for those people.
The others who don't understand the difference will be confused.
Mattias