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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Would it make sense to have them in the demos folder under some folder
where it is evident that they are for testing and not showcasing?

tor. 20. jun. 2019 18.51 skrev Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Marco,
>
> For one shot warning messages like the new zone fill algorithm, wouldn't
> a simple project with the old zone fill suffice?  Just don't save the
> project on exit so you can reuse it for testing purposes.  I have lots
> of minimal projects like this that I keep around for testing purposes.
> I'm not sure it would be worth the developer time to write code to
> display all of the warning dialogs but I'm not opposed to a patch that
> does so provided it is a config option.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wayne
>
> On 6/15/2019 3:14 PM, Marco Ciampa wrote:
> > Hi devs,
> > that message about the new fill algorithm warning message
> > made me think about a problem I think I have.
> >
> > What I am asking here, I do not know if it is possible,
> > feasible, convenient ... to cut things short, I just ask.
> >
> > I am a finicky kind of translator. I usually want to double check
> > translations "live",  looking also at the results in the program when it
> > works. That helps me a lot in making a better and more professional
> > translation.
> >
> > Well, sometimes making windows pop up can be very hard.
> >
> > For example when windows and dialogs pop up just when some very rare
> > event happens, usually when something change from one version of the
> > program to another. When that happens it means that some things are
> > changed and the program have to warn users about the change (different
> > file format, one way migration of files, etc.)
> >
> > Well, usually making those windows or dialogs pop up again, just to
> > revise the messages that some users may have read too hasty or for
> > helping translators like me to double check, is very hard.
> >
> > Could be possible to make those messages reviseable? A sort of warning
> > messages log but one with which you can also revise non current warning
> > messages ... or a debug option to fire warning messages without any real
> > event ... I really do not know how that could be made, sorry ...
> >
> > Please think about this ...
> >
> > TIA and sorry for the noise as usual...
> >
>
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