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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Perhaps but I suspect that it would get stale over time as devs would
forget to remove test projects as the code changes.

On 6/20/2019 1:00 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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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