[PD] Retrieve overwritten audio from [writesf~]?

[Jonathan Wilkes]

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> From: J Oliver <jaime.oliver2 at gmail.com>
>To: Julian Brooks <jbeezez at gmail.com> 
>Cc: PD List <pd-list at iem.at> 
>Sent: Friday, March 1, 2013 9:45 AM
>Subject: Re: [PD] Retrieve overwritten audio from [writesf~]?
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>Well, 
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>I guess this sort of thing has happened to almost everyone on this list. 
>Is there anyway we can get a warning just like the one we get when we close an unsaved patch? 
>or to close a file being recorded when closing a patch?

Possibly with a 2nd arg-- zero for current behavior and nonzero for
"warn if file exists before opening".  But really that seems like treating
the symptom-- the real solution would be to check if the file exists
before sending the "open" message on to [writesf~]:

[open foo.wav(
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[check-if-file-exists-and-popup-a-modal-dialog-to-decide-whether-to-overwrite]
|
[writesf~]

There is folder_list and split_path to get the job done, but I can't think
of an object that pops up a modal dialog (and I don't have my search plugin
installed at the moment).


-Jonathan


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>Are these valid feature requests?
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>J
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>On Mar 1, 2013, at 9:33 AM, Julian Brooks wrote:
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>Hello,
>> 
>>So, I've just accidently caught the message box attached to writesf~ and deleted the audio that I just recorded as I sent an 'open' message with the same name as the file I'd previously recorded.
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>>Apart from it being a grim lesson I'm now curious.  Where will that original file have gone?  and is it completely gone or will it be 'stashed' somewhere?
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>>I've accepted the loss (through gritted teeth), but am still curious if anyone knows and in case it happens again, though not something I'm planning on if I can possibly help it?
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>>I'm on debian btw.
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>>Cheers,
>> 
>>Julian
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