[Ticket#: 2006040510000641] Re: [OT] Articles to read

[David Burgun]

On 7 Apr 2006, at 00:02, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> J. Landman Gay wrote:
>
>> David Burgun wrote:
>>> 1.  I open a script and do nothing to the script, I then close  
>>> the  script and it gives me the "Do you want to save?" dialog.
>> I'm not sure this is really a bug. It is more a by-product of one  
>> of the features. Revolution saves not only your script, but also  
>> the location of the insertion point so that the next time you open  
>> the script it will   scroll automatically to where you were last  
>> working. This is a nice feature. So, if you close the script  
>> editor without clicking anywhere, you won't get the "save"  
>> warning. If you do click, it marks the script as dirty, stores the  
>> current cursor location, and asks if you want to save it.
>
> It may not be a functional bug, but in the interest of thoroughness  
> I'd  flag it as a design bug:
>
> Most HIGs recommend prompting for changes only for content changes,  
> and even when they recommend saving selection status they don't  
> mark a document as dirty until there is also a content change.
>
> The saving of the selection is handy, but without any changes to  
> the script it's not worth tracking.

Making a selection doesn't cause it to display the dialog. When it  
happens you open a script and straight away the apply button is  
enabled, without doing *anything* to the script.

All the Best
Dave