Why are images automatically renamed?
Posted by Norbert Vischer-2 on Oct 07, 2010; 2:01pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Why-are-images-automatically-renamed-tp3686678.html
Hi Wayne and others,
when I open three times in succession the same file "Coli-02.tiff", I see that image in three windows:
Coli-02.tiff
Coli-1.tiff
Coli-2.tiff
This is a confusing situation, and all three windows tell me in "Show Info" that the path ends with Coli-02.tiff - which is only true for the first image.
Other applications would detect whether the image is already open, and if so, would bring it to front - even if it has unsaved changes. The user would understand what happens, and if he really wants to duplicate an image, he can choose "Duplicate" with a suitable name.
ImageJ does allow images to have same name, there are no restrictions after "Duplicate", "New", "Rename". I don't see any reason why in other cases equal names should be avoided. The user will understand the situation as long as there is no automatic renaming.
Automatic renaming also makes macros unreliable. If you read images from a file list, you want to be sure that they keep their names- this is currently not guaranteed.
Any comments on this?
Norbert Vischer