*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, BH