linebender / linebender/runebender
Rethink "not created here" save failure
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- Dominant language
- Rust
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- 799
- Forks
- 35
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Description
currently we categorically refuse to save any file that we did not create, with the rationale that our save operation is going to be lossy; there are parts of the UFO that we do not currently bother loading, and we only save what we've loaded.
This seems a bit zealous, though; it would make more sense to just refuse to save *over* a file we didn't create, but we should be okay with letting people do "save as" and creating a new file.
(see #178)
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Research direction
Start by tracing the save operation and the handling of files the application did not create, using the context in issue #178. Done means saving over an existing uncreated file remains refused while “save as” can create a new file.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100