[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] minor change in "File already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N]" behavior

[Clément Bœsch]

On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 07:49:57PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Do people prefer the y/N reading code to react immedeatly to a keypress
> when thats supported by the platform or wait for \n?
> 

This confirmation is important because it might prevent trashing an input
file (bad command line) or an old encoding which took hours to get done,
so I don't think it should be taken lightly. And I also think people will
expect the old behaviour because it's the most common; it has the main
benefit to allow them to prepare a 'y' response and allow then to think
again before validating with <enter>. This is the behaviour they are used
to.

So I think this change might not be appreciated, though I personally don't
care much since I'm now aware of this.

Thanks for asking about this,

[...]

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Clément B.
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