Version: Pd-0.47.1 Windows 7

Desc: Save-as should change current context to new file

A habit I have developed is to Ctrl-S frequently,
to save current patch under development

(in case of a crash).

This is my habit not just for Pd,
but for almost any editing tool.

Sometimes, I am working on a patch or abstraction,

where I want to do a CHECKPOINT/FORK.

I mean Checkpoint as,

"I am using this abstraction elsewhere.

So I do not want to change the behavior there.

So I will SAVE-AS to create a new context."

However Pd editor GUI behaves differently here

than almost any other tool.

Pd will Save-As to the new filename,

but keep the present context the EXISTING file.

So now I am patching, patching, changing things....

HABIT: Control-S.

BAM.

I have just clobbered my Checkpoint,

my last good, working copy of the patch!

This is very annoying, and I think I have mistakenly

clobbered abstractions I wanted to save as stable/working,

and inadvertently altered behavior of patches I wanted to leave alone.

So let's say I had OrigFile.pd and want to fork that to OrigFileNEW.pd

So I Save-As to OrigFileNEW.pd

But the exiting context stays as OrigFile.pd

When I am done hacking, and close down for the night,

I end up with OrigFile.pd, which is actually the altered abstraction.

EVERY INSTANCE of this in other patches has the new behavior.

and OrigFileNEW.pd is actually the Checkpoint of OrigFile.pd!

Doesn't that seem weird?

I guess this is OK, as long as people understand what

is going on and anticipate it.

I would love to see this fixed, or else

the existing behavior explained/justified

with a BIG WARNING in the docs

so that people can be prepared.

With Current behavior,
my Checkpoint procedure should be:

1) Save-AS (new filename).

2) CLOSE existing context. (which destroys settings)

3) OPEN new context

4) continue patching.

or else

1) Save-AS (Patch.CHECKPOINT.pd).

2) continue patching

3) DONE, close everything down.

4) Rename OrigFile.pd to OrigFileDEV.pd , and OrigFileNEW.pd to OrigFile.pd

Thanks,

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be happy and free from suffering :)
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