Enhancement: youtube-dl command line update process

[Hanvdm]

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Since you close my previous submission perhaps I am unfamiliar how to fill this report. As I am not a programmer and this program is by far one of the best and I use it quit often

I would like to ask if it is possible to please put something extra in the update procedure to first check if the -dl command line application is already up to date. Because sometimes I as a user make the mistake by pressing the update button by mistake after I already updated the program a very short time back. When you press the update button it download the -dl command line application all over again. I know this issue is not really the programmer problem but rather I ask if something like this could be included in the gui program. I know the youtube-dl program have his own update flag so it should be easy to include in the youtube-dlg gui program. Otherwise if this will be impossible to implement please when the gui program start for the first time and the the user press the update button to keep the update button greyed out for that particular session until the gui program close and startup again Thank you very much Sorry if the previous post were understandable.

[MrS0m30n3]

In the new UI the update button is not longer available in the main window so i think you wont have the same problem. Also, checking the youtube-dl version during the update process is already in my TODO list but at the end of the day the user is responsible on how he-she uses the UI.

If you want to try out the new UI:

• Windows (portable): google drive
• Linux: Clone the new_layout branch using git and run python -m youtube_dl_gui

[Hanvdm]

Thank you very much for your reply and I will look at the new layout that you put in your link description. Thank you