Sorry in advance if this has been covered elsewhere or if my request is allready implemented.
One of the things I have always liked in MorphOS is that - when you try to overwrite a file by for instance dragging a file with the same name into a drawer - it tells you the date, size AND version number of the target and source file.
It is not a big thing but if we can do the same in 4.1 I would be glad.
Thanks for a great OS.
Version numer when overwriting files
Re: Version numer when overwriting files
Sounds like a good idea.
What I have never understood is why you can't overwrite files inside a volume. I.e. moving a file gives you an error message if there is a file with the same name in the target drawer.
What I have never understood is why you can't overwrite files inside a volume. I.e. moving a file gives you an error message if there is a file with the same name in the target drawer.
- Janne Peräaho
Re: Version numer when overwriting files
If you in the same time as moving press right Amiga-key you will copy the file instead, which will overwrite the old one. Perhaps not exactly what you want, but it gives the same effect as dragging between volumes.Spektro wrote:What I have never understood is why you can't overwrite files inside a volume. I.e. moving a file gives you an error message if there is a file with the same name in the target drawer.
Re: Version numer when overwriting files
It doesn't seem to work here. I think the right Amiga key is tied to the Workbench feature to automatically close parent drawers.jaokim wrote:If you in the same time as moving press right Amiga-key you will copy the file instead, which will overwrite the old one. Perhaps not exactly what you want, but it gives the same effect as dragging between volumes.
I tried the left Amiga key, left shift, right shift, left alt, right alt, left ctrl, and right ctrl too, but no success.
- Janne Peräaho
Re: Version numer when overwriting files
It definitely does work, or at least used to. I thought it was LAmiga though, not RAmiga. Maybe they both do the same thing.Spektro wrote:It doesn't seem to work here. I think the right Amiga key is tied to the Workbench feature to automatically close parent drawers.jaokim wrote:If you in the same time as moving press right Amiga-key you will copy the file instead, which will overwrite the old one. Perhaps not exactly what you want, but it gives the same effect as dragging between volumes.
I tried the left Amiga key, left shift, right shift, left alt, right alt, left ctrl, and right ctrl too, but no success.