Feature Request: Duplicate shortcut checking

[David A. Bayly]

>On Friday 16 September 2005 4:28 pm, David A. Bayly wrote:
>>  At 15:01 -0500 05/09/16, Scott Granneman wrote:
>>  >Manila needs to throw up an alert when a new shortcut is being
>>  >created that has the same name as an existing shortcut. Something like:
>>  >
>>  >"A shortcut already exists with the name "shortcutname". Do you wish
>>  >to replace that shortcut?"
>>  >
>>  >Thoughts?
>>
>>  Bit of a problem when autoshortcuts are set; it might mean rejection
>>  of a otherwise fine story/picture.
>
>I'm not quite clear what you mean about rejecting, David. Could you explain a
>bit further where you're getting that?

If the option to generate shortcuts automatically is enabled, when a 
story or picture is added, Mnai tries to use the subject to create a 
shortcut, if it can't it doesn't reject the picture/story and I think 
that's correct.  Currently its seems to handle duplicates by opting 
to do nothing. Duplicates can easily occur because there's nothing 
that forces subjects to be unique.

So my feeling is that your solution is out of synch with how Manial 
works generally.

I'd vote for a rethink of how shortcuts and  subjects  work

>
>As I understand it, however, what I'm proposing wouldn't reject anything (OK,
>I guess if you chose "Cancel" below). Manila would ask you if you want to
>replace an already-existing shortcut. Or maybe - and this would be even
>slicker - it would ask if you wanted to replace, OR give you a textbox to
>change the one you were trying to add. Like this:
>
><EXAMPLE>
>
>A shortcut already exists with the name "shortcutname".
>
>__ Replace the existing shortcut
>
>__ Use a different shortcut name: ___________________
>
>__ Cancel
>
></EXAMPLE>
>
>So how 'bout it, Userland?
>
>Tks!
>
>Scott
>
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