As much as I love R, there are still the occasional shortcomings.

I would love to find a solution to the "save as..." problem.

Steps to reproduce the problem:

   1. Open any version of he R GUI in Windows
   2. Choose "File > Open" from the menu
   3. Open a script that is in a different directory
   4. Choose "File > Save As" from the menu

In just about any other application you would be presented with a GUI
showing the current folder of the script and the current name of the
script.  You could then edit the name and save.

In R, you have to find the directory of the script and the script name.  It
can be annoying from a GUI perspective, especially if you typically work in
one directory and store your scripts somewhere else, and the problem is
worse when you have many script versions or directories.

I know there are many ways to work around this issue.
I also know about the batch file project.

However, it seems like this is something that users shouldn't *need* to work
around.

I think this is related to the fact that R has no way of knowing the
location of any open script file.
(Please correct me if I'm wrong about that last part! )

I think this has come up before, but I couldn't find it in my searches.
Is this a problem for other users as well?
Should I post this to the development list?
Is this change known to be possible / impossible?
Can I help make the change?

Thanks

Gene

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