Review Request 112078: Creates a new file when trying to open a nonexistent file

[Jørgen Kvalsvik]

> On Aug. 14, 2013, 12:49 p.m., Aleix Pol Gonzalez wrote:
> > I don't think this is an obvious work-flow. I understand that it could useful but I don't think that removing the check is going to improve our life at all.
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> > The user needs some feedback at least, that whenever he saves the document he'll be actually creating it.
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> Jørgen Kvalsvik wrote:
>     Do you mean feedback as in it won't actually be created until he saves? I suppose that would be ok, especially if we can add a "Do not notify me again"-option.
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> Jørgen Kvalsvik wrote:
>     I considered this for a while. The not-creating-before-it-is-saved actually applies to when you create a new file/buffer with Ctrl+N as well, so there is no reason for it to be different if you open with Ctrl+O. The fact that the semantic here is "open" also implies that it won't actually be written to disk before you flush it.

Oh, and Kate already behaves like this.


- Jørgen


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On Aug. 14, 2013, 10:04 a.m., Jørgen Kvalsvik wrote:
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> (Updated Aug. 14, 2013, 10:04 a.m.)
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> Review request for KDevelop.
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> Description
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> Removes the check if a file exists (KIO::NetAccess::exists()) so that the following routines will create the file instead of just attempting to open it.
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> This addresses bug 322678.
>     http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=322678
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> Diffs
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>   shell/documentcontroller.cpp 4fd2819 
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> Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/112078/diff/
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> Testing
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> Tested both opening and creating files through the open file dialogue. Confirmed that creating files with File->New works as well.
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> Thanks,
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> Jørgen Kvalsvik
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