Stack with the same name loop

[Sean Cole (Pi)]

hehe 😥
Sean


On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 at 18:37, Jim MacConnell via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> +1
>
> > 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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