https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61396
--- Comment #3 from pierre-yves samyn <[email protected]> --- Hello Thank you for your response (In reply to comment #2) > @Pierre-Yves, I take it, you use "model" in the meaning of "template"? That > confused me a bit... Yes "model" means "template", sorry for my bad english... :( > So, as far as I understand you, you want an extra tick box in the Open > dialogue that allows switching between > (1) opening the template and > (2) opening a new document based on the template. > Is that correct? No additional check box is needed: I suggest that the choice of document type makes the difference. 1.If the user explicitly chooses "template" (see screenshot "FileOpenEditTemplate.png), "File> Open" edits the template (new behaviour) 2.Otherwise "File> Open" creates a new document based on the template (current behaviour) As I said before: *This would be consistent with what is done for File> Save. *It does not add menu entry or anything else *It does not change the template manager *It provides a utility to File> Open> Type: Model, currently overlap with File> Open *This allows to "recover" functionality lost with the new manager. > * I would assume the second point is likely what user want in the majority of > cases I do not agree with that: if the user specifies the type "Template", he wants to edit the template. As an example: when you want to open a text file (.txt) in the spreadsheet, you select the filter in the list, otherwise it opens in Writer. It would not be acceptable that the choice of filter would not be respected. Currently, choose the "template" filter or not makes no difference. > * It seems reasonably simple to just overwrite the template by using Save > As... The software allows me to create something, does not allow me to change it. I need to create a copy and replace the original. It is indeed possible ... but it is a workaround. I'm not sure that we should be satisfied ... Regards Pierre-Yves -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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