Re: [Gramps-devel] Suggestions for the gedcom export dialog

[Don A. <dal...@us...>]

Jay,

These are good suggestions. I should be able to do most of these. Due to
limitations of the GNOME file dialog, I probably won't be able to add
the "Save Gedcom As" line, but I should be able to do the rest.

Don

On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 08:21, James A. Treacy wrote:
> A debian user complained that gramps wouldn't read in his database.
> It turns out when he exported as gedcom he overwrote the gramps data
> file. Here are his words. Useful as they show how a typical user might
> think when exporting:
> 
> > > Were you offered a different name or did it use the same one
> > > automatically?
> >
> > It offered me nothing actually. When the GEDCOM Export dialog box
> > comes up, the top input field is always blank. Which confused me at
> > first, because I thought it was asking me for the database to export
> > from, not what I wanted to name the gedcom to. This is how I messed up
> > in the first place which led me to file the bug. Maybe there should be
> > some text right above the input field saying, "Save Gedcom as" or
> > "Example name.ged". Also, I think there should be a dialog box
> > (Overwrite? yes or no) when exporting to the same *.ged name.
> 
> Here are some suggestions based on the above:
>  - Add a line above the box for the filename: "Save Gedcom As"
>  - Fill in the filename box with current_db_filename.ged
>  - A dialog should appear before overwriting a file asking if you wish
>    to do so
> 
> The above probably apply to other file saving dialogs (except
> overwriting the gramps datafile when doing a normal save).
> 
> -- 
> James (Jay) Treacy
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> 
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