John H. Raines, Jr. wrote:
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> So what I'm asking here is- OK, I'll make it a preference to either:
> 1) Open a new document after the last document is closed via file->close
> (will
> be the default, but *easily* changable)
> 2) Just shut down Abiword after the last document is closed
>
> But I want AbiWord to shut down on the last document when the 'X' button is
> hit *without any user preference*. This decision is almost final from me, but I'm
>willing to hear some feedback.
>
> Is this an acceptable solution? It's the best that I'm willing to compromise.
> I'll close 1909, 1751, and 1911 then and consider this fixed.
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> Having followed this thread pretty closely, I don't believe there is anyone who
>would object to a choice or preference as to the operation of the close command. It
>would be nice if the default setting reflected the majority of the user preference
>and not the programmers preference. ;-)
If you read it again, I think you'll find that Dom is planning to make
the default setting reflect the majority of the user preference -- the
default will be to open a new document, not to shut AbiWord down.
>
> As to the X button, alas, if you follow its function, it appears to be a surrogate
>for the close command. That is, it closes the open document, but does not exit if
>there are multiple documents open. This seems pretty consistent with the SDI model,
>where, as far as I can tell, only the exit command operates on all documents. I'm
>not sure why the user preference shouldn't follow here also. That way you get what
>you want and other users get what they want.
Again, read carefully -- Dom plans to close AbiWord *on the last
document* when X is pressed, not when more than one document is open.
Hope this helps,
Randy Kramer
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