Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add separate "Append to file" button

On Tuesday 12 June 2012 10:50:10 pm Chris Siebenmann wrote:
>  If 'Save to file' has been appending to files for more than a decade,
> I really think that it shouldn't be changed on people. 

+1

> If people really 
> want this change in the main source, I would suggest two modifications
> here:
>
> - put the 'Append to file' button in the physical position where 'Save
>   to file' has been.

+1

> - rename 'Save to file' to 'Write to file', so that people do not mistake
>   it for the old behavior.

Or why not name this option "Overwrite file" 

In addition, on a temporary basis, maybe the names could include a note, like:

"Append to File" (old "Save") (or (old behavior))
"OverWrite File" (new option) (or (new behavior))

> I would actually prefer a variant of this, where 'Save to file' retains
> the current behavior that people are expecting and 'Write to file' is
> introduced to overwrite files. This avoids a dangerous, incompatible
> change to long standing behavior.

Randy Kramer