[Dev-C++] 'New Source File' bug

[Devin C. <dcc...@ya...>]

  I came across a bug in Dev-C++ 4 some time ago, and now it's
gotten so annoying that I'm mentioning it in case no one else knows
about it.  When I create a new souce file in a large (15+ files)
project, and use Save As to rename it, often Dev-C++ refuses to
change the name in the project window (the one on the left.)  So I
don't know what it's saving, exactly.  Furthermore, I often get
phantom unnamed windows.  Clicking on the 'Unnamed1' in the
project window seemed to create new ones.  Last time, I tried to
chase them all these spurious windows down and X them out of
existence.  Then I saved and quit...causing a whole slew of red-X
windows errors and 'runtime error' complaints.
  I've had other problems with Dev-C++'s file handling.  Once it
didn't save something it should have.  (Fortunately it was only a short
header file, which I could easily recreate from the .cpp.)  The reason
I used 'Save As' in the first place is that some time ago I had similar
problems with selecting an unnamed file in the project window and
trying to change its name.  (I can't recall the exact details.)  I'm having
enough trouble with C++'s noodleheaded view of aggregate data
objects; this really isn't helping.  Any workarounds?  Has the problem
been tracked down?

--Devin Carless


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