Fons, You did not read the mail. That is exactly what Micheal is proposing. Rene On 21 Nov 2002, Fons Rademakers wrote: > Better solution is to make the menu's so that it shows the real name of > the file that will be generated and not just the generic "canvas.ps" at > least in that case you have a hint of what filename will be used. > > I have added this on my todo list. > > -- Fons > > > > On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 08:39, Rene Brun wrote: > > Hi Micheal, > > > > The Pull down menu has a "Saveas canvas.C" item, but also > > a "Save as" menu. If you select the latter, you can choose > > your file name. > > There are pros and cons with the default actions. We believe that > > there are more pros with the current behaviour than cons. > > In particular, if you have multiple canvases, it would have > > plenty of bad side-effects to always generate a canvas with > > the same name. > > > > Rene Brun > > > > On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Micheal LeVine wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I noticed that when I select the File pulldown menu item ³save as canvas.C² > > > the macro that is created does not have the filename canvas.C, but rather > > > the name supplied when the canvas was instantiated (name.C). This came as a > > > nasty surprise since I already had a file by that name! > > > > > > Micheal > > > -- > > > ************************************** > > > * Micheal LeVine * > > > * Bat 513 R-060 * > > > * Mailbox G03710 * > > > * CERN * > > > * CH - 1211 Geneva 23 Switzerland * > > > * Email: Micheal.LeVine@cern.ch * > > > * Phone: 41 22 767 5013 * > > > * Fax : 41 22 767 3900 * > > > ************************************** > > > > > > > -- > Org: CERN, European Laboratory for Particle Physics. > Mail: 1211 Geneve 23, Switzerland > E-Mail: Fons.Rademakers@cern.ch Phone: +41 22 7679248 > WWW: http://root.cern.ch/~rdm/ Fax: +41 22 7679480 >
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