TSE: Issue: 'List File Open': option <ALT W> WriteFile seems not to work

[knud van eeden]

Hello

1. In the menu of 'File' > 'List Open...' > <ALT W> WriteFile

this option does/shows nothing.

2. Expected: Should show something and do something.

with friendly greetings

Knud van Eeden

[S.E. Mitchell]

Hmmm.  This one works for me, I use it all the time:

I have 3 files open - all have been changed:

I press <alt-w> on file3:

Now the asterisk has gone away.  And, when I check on disk, the file has been updated.

And looking at the listopen code for savefile, it looks ok:

Not sure why it isn't working for you.  But do note that it won't bother to save a file that does not have the changed flag set.

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[knud van eeden]

Solution:

a. The issue is caused by having spurious '-' defined in the footer.

b. Also adding a 'SaveFile' option is a PIECE OF CAKE.

c. Steps to do

1. Backup the file <TSE>\mac\listopen.s 

2. Open the file <TSE>\mac\listopen.s

3. Locate the line

FILELIST_FOOTER[] = "{F1}-Help {Enter}-EditFile  {Del}-QuitFile  {Alt-S}-SortList  {Alt-W} WriteFile  {Escape}-Cancel"

4. First and for all remove the spurious dashes in the 'Alt-...}, thus:

FILELIST_FOOTER[] = "{F1}-Help {Enter}-EditFile  {Del}-QuitFile  {Alt S}-SortList  {Alt W} WriteFile  {Escape}-Cancel"

5. Then adding a 'SaveFile' option

FILELIST_FOOTER[] = "{F1}-Help {Enter}-EditFile  {Del}-QuitFile  {Alt F} SaveFile {Alt S}-SortList  {Alt W} WriteFile  {Escape}-Cancel"

6. Then add at the 'keydef' something similar to this to implement that 'SaveFile':

<Alt f>     PushPosition() PushBlock() SaveAs( "c:\temp\ddd1.txt", _OVERWRITE_ ) Warn( "Saved as c:\temp\ddd1.txt" ) PopPosition() PopBlock()

7. Choosing that option <Alt F> will then successfully save the plain text of the open files to a text file.

[knud van eeden]

OK, that should then not be an issue, I expected some kind of text message informing about what was happening, but there is not much of that thus. So it should be alright.

Thanks

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[knud van eeden]

Regarding the file <TSE>\mac\listopen.s

1. I found one issue more. That is <alt l> (see below) has been forgotten to add in the 'footer' menu in listopen.s. 

That actually has that 'Save List' functionality thus. 

It is / was already there.

2. Further in order to inform / feedback to the customer e.g. adding a Message():

E.g.

keydef FileListKeys

    <Alt e>     Message( "Edit" ) EndProcess(TRUE)

    <Del>       Message( "Quit File" ) EndProcess(kQUITFILE)

    <Alt r>     Message( "Rename" ) EndProcess(kRENAME)

    <Alt f>     Message( "Save List" ) PushPosition() PushBlock() SaveAs( "c:\temp\ddd1.txt", _OVERWRITE_ ) Warn( "Saved as c:\temp\ddd1.txt" ) PopPosition() PopBlock()

    <Alt w>     Message( "Save File" ) EndProcess(kSAVEFILE)

    <Alt s>     Message( "Sort List" ) sort_list()

    <Ctrl c>    Message( "Copy to Windows clipboard" ) EndProcess(kCOPYTOWINCLIP)

    <Ctrl Ins>  Message( "Copy to Windows clipboard" ) EndProcess(kCOPYTOWINCLIP)

    <Ctrl v>    Message( "Smartview" ) SmartViewFile()

    <Grey+>     Message( "Copy" ) EndProcess(kCOPY)

    <alt l>     Message( "Save List Open" ) AddHistoryStr("listopen.txt", _EDIT_HISTORY_) SaveListOpen()

    <F1>        QuickHelp(listopen_help)

end

Thanks

with friendly greetings

Knud van Eeden

[knud van eeden]

OK, it might be that it is/was thus a deliberate decision not to add <ALT L> to the 'footer' menu.

It is instead (only) visible for the user when he/she presses <F1> for help.

If so the case can be rested.

Thanks