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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Isn't this this the same behavior as File->New?  We should keep the path
creation behavior consistent.

On 11/11/19 10:56 AM, Jon Evans wrote:
> FWIW, we are considering moving to the "create a folder for the project"
> to be a requirement rather than an option, in case that impacts this
> feature.
> Or rather, it would be a requirement that there be one KiCad project per
> folder, not necessarily that automatically creating a folder would be a
> requirement.
> 
> -Jon
> 
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 10:54 AM Eeli Kaikkonen
> <eeli.kaikkonen@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:eeli.kaikkonen@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     I hope you don't mind I give some first impressions here. I can move
>     these to bug database if needed.
> 
>     Before trying it's unclear what the file dialog selects. I created a
>     new directory (with the name of the new project), went inside it and
>     gave the project name in the dialog. "All files *.*" filter was
>     available there. That is a hint that we are talking about a file.
>     However, KiCad created a new directory inside the selected one and
>     placed the renamed files there. I would like to see unambiguous
>     information about what KiCad is going to do.
> 
>     In my opinion a dedicated dialog would be better. It would have:
>     - A textbox and folder selection icon for the folder path.
>     - A textbox for the new project name (only the name, no path, no
>     file extensions).
>     - Checkbox for "create a new folder with the project name". This
>     would create a new folder inside the folder which was selected above.
> 
>     Maybe it would be best to have checkboxes for "copy and rename
>     generated and unknown files". My use case this time is that I'm
>     going to reuse part of the old project as a template. None of the
>     generated files, backups etc. are used there.
> 
>     The current result is here (embedded picture). As you can see, it's
>     uneven. Some gerber files were renamed, some not.
>     (...Handle_Mainboard is the original name, ...TOF is the new).
> 
>     image.png
> 
>     Eeli Kaikkonen
> 
>     su 10. marrask. 2019 klo 0.31 Jeff Young (jeff@xxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:jeff@xxxxxxxxx>) kirjoitti:
> 
>         He he… I know our users.  I can be sure of a bug report even if
>         I get it right. ;)
> 
> 
>     I never make reports about something which is done right :)
>      
> 
>         > This is exactly why I never tackled this one.  Anytime your
>         are trying
>         > to deal with complex relative path changes, the code gets
>         rather messy.
>         > I doubt this will affect many users but you can be rest
>         assured of a
>         > bug report if you get it wrong.
>         >
> 
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