[Scribus] Editing tool & Lanscape/potrait error

[Gustavo Homem]

On Wednesday 16 August 2006 19:26, Craig Bradney wrote:
> On Wednesday 16 August 2006 19:46, Gustavo Homem wrote:
> > On Wednesday 16 August 2006 17:40, Riku Leino wrote:
> > > Gustavo Homem wrote:
> > > > I suggest a lot of care on backporting this to 1.3.3.4cvs because no
> > > > undo/redo is MUCH better than partially working undo/redo.
> > >
> > > I strongly disagree here. I prefer to be able to undo at least some
> > > actions over none at all.
> >
> > Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. No undo/redo MUCH better than getting
> > tricked by the button state to think that you can actually undo, while in
> > fact it will undo something else that you really don't want to.
> >
> > In all situations where undo/redo will not behave as the user expects,
> > the buttons should be disabled.
> >
> > > > It was me who asked to make the button unavailable because it was
> > > > undoing the previous actions, unrelated to shape editing, and that
> > > > causes a disaster in the document.
> > >
> > > I suppose redo wasn't working either. I don't see a disaster there.
> >
> > Undoing a previous action which is not related to what you were doing, is
> > a complete disaster in terms of potential acceptance of a migration
> > (lesson learned from experience). The same applies for redoing the wrong
> > thing.
> >
> > > After
> > > all 1.3 branch is a development branch (for now at least) even if it
> > > doesn't always feel like it.
> > >
> > > > That said, if it can be implemented properly, it is an important fix.
> > > > I'd be glad to test it.
> > >
> > > I've commited it to 1.3.3.4cvs should be available next time the cvs is
> > > synced. No idea when that's gonna happen tho cause there are some huge
> > > changes going on in the dev cvs right now and those must be sorted out
> > > before syncing.
> >
> > ok, this has to be tested. I'll keep a look on it.
>
> Gustavo, we can still disable it for you if required, if it proves to be
> unstable.
>

For now I really just wanted to point out that given the undo feature is so 
much better than it was some time ago, we should be careful with the changes.

But it's good that someone is trying to improve it, so the tests will tell.

I can  test it only in two weeks, since I will be out until then.

I will send some feedback afterwards.


Best regards
Gustavo

> Craig

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