Stack with the same name loop

[Jim MacConnell]

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> On Oct 6, 2021, at 10:24 AM, Tom Glod via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> LOL..... me too.... whenever I get this, I just unplug my comp from the
> wall, leave the room, wait for 5 minutes  and only then try again. :D
> 
> On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 1:18 PM Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
>> Good question. I have no idea either.
>> 
>>> On Oct 6, 2021, at 12:56 PM, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> Can someone give the definitive answer as to what to choose when I save
>> my
>>> stack with a save as to create a new iterative version and it comes up
>> with
>>> the prompt :
>>>     A stack with the same name as the one you are trying to load is
>>> already open.
>>>           Save    Purge    Cancel
>>> 
>>> Whatever I do it ends up in a loop of asking this. I'm bored of having to
>>> force close LC to get over this. What is supposed to happen if I press
>>> Save? What is supposed to happen if I press Purge? And what about Cancel?
>>> I've never understood the need for purge AND save. Purge from what? Save
>>> and close? purge and close? It's just not clear to me as a long time user
>>> let alone a new user.
>>> 
>>> Btw, just to avoid unnecessary responses, I already know I can just make
>> a
>>> copy in the finder, clear LC memory and load that one in. My question is
>>> just trying to get an understanding of this prompt.
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> 
>>> Sean
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