Re: [Bug-ddrescue] Suggestions to rename "logfile"

[Mike Doragh]

Me too. That is neat.

All software  should have a "User interface" which is intuitive for the end
user. It should take opportunity to hold their hand and attempt to increase
their knowledge and educate users where necessary, and crucially protect
them from themselves.

I think this solution does that.

It simply stays quiet if they provide a mapfile, as no warning necessary.

If an expert user wants no mapfile, they can choose to bypass the warning
with an option.

Only someone not using either a mapfile or a no-mapfile-option, gets an
easily dismissed warning. This makes the software smarter and more user
friendly for those who need it. For those who want a quick bypass, (without
an option typed), a double press of enter to run the software is barely
even registered!

Could there even be an extra option which could be chosen at compile time,
which leaves the warning out of that particular built copy? That would
enable experts to use a version without any nagging or extra commands,
whilst ensuring most copies in circulation still provide a warning if not
provided either a mapfile, or a no-mapfile-option.

Challenge is wording the warning so it is clear and helpful, whilst being
short and to the point!

Mike
 On Jul 24, 2015 12:55 AM, "Robert Trevellyan" <address@hidden>
wrote:

> I like this idea.
>
> Robert Trevellyan
>
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 9:44 PM, Scott Dwyer <address@hidden>
> wrote:
>
> > On 7/22/2015 9:18 PM, Florian Sedivy wrote:
> >
> >> So I want to find another convenient way for the experienced user to run
> >> without the mandatory mapfile.
> >>
> > Not sure if anyone will like this idea, but what about using
> --no-mapfile,
> > but only to bypass a warning with a pause that just requires pressing
> enter
> > to continue?
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