Re: [Nano-devel] saving a file under a different name

[Mike Frysinger]

On 21 Jan 2016 20:27, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> Currently, when at the WriteOut prompt you change the name
> of the file to be written, nano will ask "Save file under
> DIFFERENT NAME ?"  Which is good.  However, when you happen
> to change the name to a name that already exists, then nano
> just asks "File exists, OVERWRITE ?"  Which surprises me.
> 
> I think that in the latter case, changing the filename to an
> existing one, nano should ask both questions, first the first,
> and then the second.
> 
> (Because, when you form a little habit of of changing the
> filename and then hitting Enter on the subsequent question,
> you will be sourly surprised when you unintentionally changed
> the name to an existing one: whoops, overwritten.)
> 
> What do you say?

asking both sounds fine
-mike

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