ristretto "save copy..." feature improvement

[crysman]

This is not a "bug", but I think it's worth considering.

Currently, initiating "save copy..." from ristretto:
1) opens an empty dialogue (no filename pre-filled). I think the normal behavior (at least from many applications I am used to use) is to pre-fill the name of the current file, so the user is able just to save a copy to the different location, or just slightly modify the existing name.

2) doesn't remember the last folder I saved a copy into.

These both are frustrating, because typically, I would like to use this feature to select (and copy) just some photos of a lot - e.g. from somebody's photo camera's SSD card...

3) since it is confirmed that the "save copy" operation is loseless
http://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=8662
I would suggest to put it there in the name - so users hadn't any doubts. I mean instead of just "save copy..." we could use "save copy... (lossless)".

Thanks for your comments and/or actions on this.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: ristretto 0.6.3-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-17.31-generic 3.11.10.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Feb 24 14:13:49 2014
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/ristretto
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-26 (121 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: ristretto
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/Xfce. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

[Xfce-dev (xfce-dev)]

Created attachment 6440
Use default filename in save-copy dialog

Two patches to improve save-copy dialog:

* Use default filename in save-copy dialog.

The filename of the currently displayed image is now used as default
filename in the save-copy dialog. This makes file copying more
comfortable.

* Remember last location in save-copy dialog.

The save-copy dialog now uses the location where the last copy of an
image was stored as default location.

Note: Both patches require https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12181

[Xfce-dev (xfce-dev)]

Created attachment 6441
Remember last location in save-copy dialog

[Eric Koegel (eric-koegel)]

And thanks here as well, pushed to master in:
http://git.xfce.org/apps/ristretto/commit/?id=2b09353675c005de920a40e1bbb8e4801cb3d997
and
http://git.xfce.org/apps/ristretto/commit/?id=6c5a2323b7c293e4a3b9894c1fb9584a1163797d

[Theo Linkspfeifer (lastonestanding)]

https://git.xfce.org/apps/ristretto/tree/NEWS

Both 1) and 2) were fixed in version 0.8.1, but I am not sure if 3) really needs to be implemented. The "Save copy" dialog window does not indicate that the operation will apply any compression or adjustments.