On 20 Jul 2000, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> >>>>> "Lars" == Lars Gullik Bjønnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Lars> I must say that I then prefere the emacs like "find-file" a lot
> Lars> over the "New" and "Open" items".
>
> It makes sense. Note that we could have _all_ these functions, and
> then different menu sets (emacs, cua...) would add some of them in the menu.
>
> Lars> why is Untitled.lyx better than newfile.lyx?
>
> What would be better is, as most wordprocessors do, have a special
> (untitled) name which is not a valid file name, so that, when saving,
> 'Save as...' is called automatically. This is the only scheme that
> makes sense with a separate New item. Otherwise, I agree that
> find-file is better.
>
> So let's have both possibilities (but not put them in menus at the
> same time).
Remember that we also support templates. If you want to start a new
document from a template you really should be given a templates dialog on
"New". Otherwise how do we handle templates if someone already has a
document open (even if it is empty)?
We can certainly combine "New" and "New from template" this has been in
our plans for at least 3 years now. IMO, we should have a small dialog
similar to what Ami Pro used to offer: choice of documentclass or
template.
We can certainly do an emacs-like file-open however if the file doesn't
exist the user should get the dialog asking them what documentclass or
template they want to be based upon.
emacs-menu:
File->Open...
if non-existant file (ie. a new one) show the "DocumentClass or Template"
dialog before creating the document.
cua-menu:
As above, plus
File->New...
opens the "DocumentClass or Template" dialog and then creates an untitled
document -- requiring a File->Save As... to save it. How do we handle
autosaves in this case?
Allan. (ARRae)
