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Bug 145616 - New > "Empty C/C++ file" menu item name is inconsistent
Summary: New > "Empty C/C++ file" menu item name is inconsistent
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: cnd
Classification: Unclassified
Component: -- Other -- (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: All All
: P4 blocker (vote)
Assignee: Vladimir Kvashin
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Reported: 2008-08-29 18:58 UTC by Vladimir Kvashin
Modified: 2009-02-19 20:29 UTC (History)
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Description Vladimir Kvashin 2008-08-29 18:58:39 UTC 
In New submenu of the project explorer context menu, there are items
- Empty C++ File  
- C++ Header file
- Empty C File
- C Header File

Each time I select one of these items, I feel some discomfort: 
there are obvious two pairs: (C++ header, C++ source) and (C header, C source).
But menu item names do not reflect this.
I believe much more usable variant is 

- C++ Source File  
- C++ Header file
- C Source C File
- C Header File
Comment 1 Vladimir Kvashin 2008-08-29 19:00:36 UTC 
Stepan, could you please comment on this.
Comment 2 Stepan Doubrava 2008-09-03 12:01:35 UTC 
Hi Vladimir ... Absolutely. 

I believe most projects are in either C or C++ and having the language at the beginning of the string makes the
selection easier. The word "Empty" makes user think what it means and how different is it from plain "C++ Source file".

I'm not sure if this is part of your proposal, but I like that you don't consider having Main* files in the menu. Main
files are created mostly once per project and it would make more sense to have a check box in the creation of source
file (not polluting the menu with an action that is used only occasionally).
Comment 3 Vladimir Kvashin 2008-09-03 12:28:32 UTC 
Removing "Main C file" ("Main C++ file") item wasn't part of my proposal.
But I would rather agree to keep these items only in Wizard, not in menu.
Comment 4 Vladimir Kvashin 2008-11-13 09:38:34 UTC 
http://hg.netbeans.org/main/rev/9ce503cffad6
Comment 5 Quality Engineering 2008-11-13 16:24:54 UTC 
Integrated into 'main-golden', will be available in build *200811131401* on http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/nightly/ (upload may still be in progress)
Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main/rev/9ce503cffad6
User: Vladimir Kvashin <vkvashin@netbeans.org>
Log: #145616 New > "Empty C/C++ file" menu item name is inconsistent
Comment 6 dnikitin 2008-12-10 13:04:46 UTC 
Verified in NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 200812030201)