On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 06:56:49PM +0200, Thomas Klimpel wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Matt Brennan writes
> > As I recal, in v.1.1, you were able to create a new file by typing its
> > name in the File->Open... popup. Now in v. 1.2 this is no longer
> > possible. Hopefully, it should be easy to carry this feature forward > to v.1.2.1
>
> I never used v.1.1 but my prefered method to create a new document is
> "lyx newdoc.lyx &"
> lyx will ask me, whether I really want to create a new document. The old
> v.1.1.6 will also ask me whether I want to create a new document, when I
> open a nonexistent document. The new v.1.2.0 refuses to do so.
I think this is a regression, and we (I ?) should fix this. It would be
very helpful if you or Matt could open a bugzilla bug on this ...
> John Levon wants to remove the preferences option
> "File->New asks for name"
> He argues about things like "New..." or "New". IMHO "New..." without a
> dialog box is a bug, consider "Print..." for example.
Actually that's not the criterion for adding an ellipsis. The rule is
something like "If the requested action needs further interaction before
it completes, add an ellipsis". So Layout->Document shouldn't have an
ellipsis, but File->Print... should.
But this preference isn't actually related to the above problem, which
is realted to File->Open not File->New.
> Please let John remove this preference option. You could introduce an
> option "assume user knows what he is doing" instead, which will cause
> lyx to create a new document without questions, whenever appropriate. Or
> you could just assume the user knows what he is doing, without an
> explicit option:)
I am planning to remove this option, in favour of a C-n -> buffer-new ;
buffer-write-as binding (once I find out how to get this to work !), or
a couple of other methods.
Do any users on this list use the "File->New asks for name" option ? If
so, can you explain why you find it useful ?
thanks
john
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