[Ohrrpgce] SVN: teeemcee/8712 sliceedit: Allow using any positive lookup code, plus you can edit a loo

[James Paige]

On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 9:05 PM, Ralph Versteegen <teeemcee at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 3 May 2017 at 02:52, James Paige <Bob at hamsterrepublic.com> wrote:
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>> I definitely have mixed feelings about this one.
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> I definitely agree that the interface isn't ideal, but something like
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>> Being able to type in the name right on the slice detail editor seems
>> very convenient.
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>> On the other hand, twice already I have accidentally backspaced away a
>> name and typed a new one for the same code, when I was actually trying to
>> create a new one (both times this was because I had copy-pasted a slice
>> that already had a lookup code)
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> Hmm, maybe what we want is not the ability to edit the name of a lookup,
> but instead to type in the name of a lookup code - either a new one (added
> automatically) or an existing one (with autocompletions shown so that you
> can what's happening). Changing the name of an existing code isn't
> something you would do often!
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> This is actually how I want entering animation names to work. (I've been
> meaning to write an email about animation names, because I'm undecided
> about them and it's been holding me up)
> So if I implement that editing interface for animation names, it could be
> reused for lookup codes. They are a bit different though; I'm not going to
> allow duplicate or empty animation names.
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That is pretty cool! I like the idea of a hybrid search/add. It probably
needs a confirmation step when you complete an add, so you don't
accidentally litter your list with mistaken typing

Also might be reasonable to consider it a bug that the slice name editor
allows duplicates.


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>> Also, every time I want to delete a lookup code, I hit backspace,
>> deleting a few letters from the end of the name, then go "Opps!" and
>> re-type them, and then press enter so I can delete the lookup code.
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> That doesn't actually happen every time, but only the last thing you did
> was to edit the name of a lookup code. But I'll change it so that backspace
> goes back to operating on the ID instead of the lookup whenever you
> deselect the lookup code menu item, instead of using a static variable.
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>> Not saying I want this reverted, just saying that it is taking some
>> getting used to. I still think it is probably a net gain in usability
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>> James
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>> On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 9:30 AM, <subversion at hamsterrepublic.com> wrote:
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>>> teeemcee
>>> 2017-05-01 09:30:47 -0700 (Mon, 01 May 2017)
>>> 264
>>> sliceedit: Allow using any positive lookup code, plus you can edit a
>>> lookup name without entering the browser
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>>> This is a bit of a kludge, since you're editing two different fields at
>>> once:
>>> typed numbers change the ID number not the name, and backspace is
>>> stateful.
>>> ---
>>> U   wip/ohrhelp/sliceedit_lookup.txt
>>> U   wip/sliceedit.bas
>>> U   wip/whatsnew.txt
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