Dive site management and taxonomy test

Dirk Hohndel dirk at hohndel.org
Thu Jul 9 06:41:23 PDT 2015


On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 03:21:15PM +0200, Davide DB wrote:
> Daily Build 1034 on Windows.
> I'm using just plain xml files, not git integration (I guess)
> 
> Disclaimer/alert message on opening ok.
> 
> I see that now the logbook name on title bar has a (*) indicating that
> the file has been chaged (by import process).
> I don't understand where is a backup copy. If I save it I find just my
> original logbook filename but it is V3.
>
> Should I have some bak file somewhere? Maybe I do not understand how it works.
> As dummy end user I would expect that Subsurface will copy/backup my
> V2 logbook file before starting the import process (the alert popup
> should mention where is this file and it's name). Hence if after the
> import I save my logbook in a V3 format I always have the original V2
> somewhere.

That's how it is supposed to work. If that got broken it needs to get fixed.

So in a quick test here it did work. It saved the changes to the original
filename and then made a copy with a .v2 added to the end.

Can you verify that this happened for you as well?

> For my test I used a complete logbook, just to see if everything goes
> as expected.
> 
> Test #1
> 
> I tried to edit a location name that appear several times into my dive
> list and it has sligtly different gps points (different moorings).
> Subsurface propose me just one dive site (wow) but if I discard my
> changes a strage thing happens:
> 
> - I discard changes in the blue panel above the notes pane.
> - a new popup ask me to confirm discarding my action
> - at the same time the marble globe zoom out in the hyperspace
> - I confirm to discard my action
> - Marble zoom again correctly
> - My UI remains in a strange state: other dives form the divelist
> disabled, location textfield in edit mode (yellow).

:-(

> No way to exit from this state.
> 
> This is a screencast for this. (I start form the strange state already)
> 
> https://www.screenr.com/3WeN
> 
> More tests coming...

Thanks

/D


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