Bugzilla – Bug 2563
Button text ignored in Nyquist "file" widget
Last modified: 2020-10-06 06:16:36 UTC
This is a regression against Audacity 2.4.1 The syntax for the "file" widget is: ;control variable-name "text-left" file "button-text" "default-file-path" "wildcard-filters" "flags" As of Audacity 2.4.2, the "button-text" is ignored.
This was broken by https://github.com/audacity/audacity/commit/f1ae810
Fix committed at https://github.com/audacity/audacity/commit/22dbe0a
(In reply to Steve Daulton from comment #2) Testing on W10 with Audacity 3.0.0 22dbe0a a) Connie does not like the full-capitalization "RIGHT BUTTON TEXT" this is inconsistent with any other button that we have (it's shouting) b) I cannot understand this change anyway what is "Right button text" supposed to do? Clicking it invokes a "Save file as" - meaning that the original button text of "Select a file" looks totally appropriate. c) If "Right button text" is deemed to be correct and meaningful there is no description in thge Manual of waht it might do: https://alphamanual.audacityteam.org/man/Nyquist_Prompt Accordingly I am going to reopen this
(In reply to Peter Sampson from comment #3) > Connie does not like the full-capitalization "RIGHT BUTTON TEXT" "RIGHT BUTTON TEXT" is just an example of customised button text. The text on the button should be customisable through the ";control" line. Example, if you want the button text to be "Click Me", then substitute that in place of "Button Text" like this: ;control filename "Save to" file "Click Me" "*default*/something.txt" "Text file|*.txt;*.TXT|All files|*.*;*" "save" () In Audacity 2.4.2 you will (incorrectly) see the default "Select a file" as the button text, even though the above code says the text should be "Click Me". In Audacity 3.0.0 (post fix) you should see that the above code overrides the default and shows "Click Me". If the right button text is not specified (an empty string), then the default "Select a file" will appear on the button. Here is the code for that: ;control filename "Save to" file "" "*default*/something.txt" "Text file|*.txt;*.TXT|All files|*.*;*" "save" ()
(In reply to Peter Sampson from comment #3) > there is no description in thge Manual The "widgets" syntax is documented here: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyquist_Plug-ins_Widgets There is also comprehensive documentation of the "file widget" here: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyquist_File-Button_Tutorial Changing the bug status back to "fix made" for retest. (I'm aware that this is a very "technical" bug, so please feel free to discuss with me off-list if necessary).
(In reply to Steve Daulton from comment #5) Thanks for taht explanation (would help if I understood the Nyquist) So now marked as "+" OK on W10
(In reply to Steve Daulton from comment #5) Testing on macOS 10.15.6 with Audacity 3.0.0 22dbe0a Works on Mac as well So closable if you, Steve, are happy with it on Linux
(In reply to Peter Sampson from comment #7) > So closable if you, Steve, are happy with it on Linux Thanks Peter. I'm happy with it on Linux, so closing as fixed.
