[Cin] [PATCH] UnsafeGUI toggle, tooltips, file overwrite warning for batchrender.c

[Andrew Randrianasulu]

В сообщении от Monday 18 January 2021 15:28:44 Rafa Mar Multimedia en Gnu\Linux via Cin написал(а):
> I sent the new batchrender.C file to my friend to tell me where to change
> this number and he answered this, saying that you would understand.
> 
> diff PATH/cinelerra/batchrender.C
> @@ 200
> -       warn = 1;
> +      warn = 0;
> 
> I have gone to line 200 of the file and I have changed it, recompiled and
> now it no longer gives the aforementioned error.
> 
> With this small change, the assistant is working perfectly from its first
> use.

\0/ 

Cool!

My programmer friend talked with me  today on phone, and I tried to explain some .... unique
aspects of Cinelerra(s). We come to conclusion I better to research code base more accurately - 
there MIGHT be function for storing user data in those listboxes and menu items .....
But so far I haven't looked hard enough!




> 
> El lun, 18 ene 2021 a las 13:03, Rafa Mar Multimedia en Gnu\Linux (<
> rafamar.mm.ig at gmail.com>) escribió:
> 
> > [image: imagen.png]
> > This will be what new users will find, the error that some have already
> > reported as a bug.
> >
> > I have completely deleted Cinelerra, I have done an installation from the
> > last git, I have deleted the .bcast5 folder, I have started Cinelerra and
> > tried to do a batch render.
> >
> > Precisely for this reason my friend stressed that it was important that
> > this option was disabled by default, it was only to change a 1 to a 0. If I
> > remember correctly ...
> >
> > What happens that now I do not remember where this change was and I am
> > afraid to continue abusing my friendship with him because he is a very busy
> > person with work and family.
> >
> > My honest opinion.
> > I still think we're giving new users a bad impression of Cinelerra by
> > keeping a few options in a batch rendering window that only very few users
> > currently use. Some options that do not make any sense in a window of this
> > type, something that has always been done with a save as, which is an
> > option that does not require any Dangerous flag.
> >
> > Another option would be to leave the window as it was before all this
> > matter, make the option "warn if it does not match ..." is disabled by
> > default and the dangerous button what it does is a copy of the current file
> > loaded in the EDL path adding a number to this new copy of the xml, and
> > automatically reflect this change in the EDL path. In this way everything
> > remains the same as before, the Dangerous flag is not necessary and the
> > wizard stops being dangerous and automatically makes the "save as" and
> > stops being a dangerous option for new users and this mode is satisfied.
> > work for former users who made use of this feature. And most importantly,
> > no one is going to lose their job due to a wrong click. I don't want to
> > think about how the faces of these lovers of danger with their strange and
> > dangerous way of working, if they press this option without having
> > remembered to manually change the name in the EDL route.
> >
> > El lun, 18 ene 2021 a las 11:28, Rafa Mar Multimedia en Gnu\Linux (<
> > rafamar.mm.ig at gmail.com>) escribió:
> >
> >> I'm going to download, compile and test to see how these changes work.
> >> I really like the option of multiple backup copies that Reuss András has
> >> made and his response of trying to make an option that creates some backup
> >> copies together with the EDL
> >>
> >> El lun, 18 ene 2021 a las 7:15, Phyllis Smith via Cin (<
> >> cin at lists.cinelerra-gg.org>) escribió:
> >>
> >>> Changes to Batch Render menu have been checked into GIT.  Lots of
> >>> review/testing/decision making going on.  So basically this is the
> >>> compromise solution (which can be changed if necessary, but I really think
> >>> it is probably the best option).
> >>>
> >>> 1) new users or new .bcast5 will automatically never see the "warn on
> >>> mismatch" and "save edl"
> >>> 2) existing users, if they are seeing these 2 warnings, will have to go
> >>> into Settings->Preferences, Appearance tab and uncheck DANGEROUS batch
> >>> render gui, in order to stop seeing these 2 warnings.  Just one time and
> >>> also be sure to use Settings pulldown to "save settings now".
> >>> 3) anyone who wants to have these features available for use, has to get
> >>> into Settings and check/enable Dangerous flag to see the 2 boxes.
> >>>
> >>> Tooltips added for several additional boxes helps to explain usage a
> >>> little better in Batch Render menu and some Preferences flags.
> >>>
> >>> Code checked in mostly by Andrew with slight modifications for
> >>> compromise and wording changes.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 12:19 AM Andrew Randrianasulu via Cin <
> >>> cin at lists.cinelerra-gg.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> This time I tried to add user confirmation on project (EDL) file
> >>>> overwrite,
> >>>> _in addition_ to gui toggle hiding this button.
> >>>>
> >>>> Rafa Mar, I saw your letter, just tracking _where exactly_ this
> >>>> function writes file() turned out
> >>>> to be harder than just adding warning. For now.
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