On 9/20/10 8:54 AM, "George Cristian Bina" <geo...@oxygenxml.com> wrote:
> Hi Eliot, > > We can add a flat mode / tree mode switch. > The tree mode will be the actual mode. The flat mode will still present > the Recent, Global, Frameworks/[framework] structure but will not go > deeper that that. The files will be presented with their name and with > the eventual folder location as suffix. What do you think of this approach? Definitely worth a try. I suspect that my situation is somewhat atypical since I work on so many different DITA projects at once. Cheers, E. > > Best Regards, > George > -- > George Cristian Bina > <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger > http://www.oxygenxml.com > > On 9/20/10 4:33 PM, Eliot Kimber wrote: >> On 9/20/10 8:29 AM, "George Cristian Bina"<geo...@oxygenxml.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Eliot, >>> >>> Have you tried the filtering support? If you type for example D4P in the >>> filter box (that has the initial focus) then you should be able to see >>> exactly your DITA for Publishers templates, no matter where they were >>> placed. Please try this and let us know if it is of any help. >> >> That definitely does get me to the templates, but it does require typing >> that wasn't required before. >> >> But I can't think off the top of my head of a way to avoid the need for >> typing, short of making the Global Templates list flat (that is, not reflect >> containing directories). >> >> Cheers, >> >> E. >> >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> George >>> -- >>> George Cristian Bina >>> <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger >>> http://www.oxygenxml.com >>> >>> On 9/17/10 5:56 PM, Eliot Kimber wrote: >>>> I'm finding the new File->New dialog to be must less convenient than the >>>> old >>>> one. >>>> >>>> One issue I have is that I have many different "templates" directories. I >>>> carefully name my template documents so they sort together, e.g, "D4P - >>>> Chapter.dita", "D4P - Article.dita", etc. That works really well in the >>>> flat >>>> list of templates. I tend to organize my templates by type within a >>>> containing directory named "templates": templates/topics, templates/maps, >>>> templates/word, templates/indesign, etc. >>>> >>>> In Oxygen 11 I could point to the ancestor templates directory and >>>> everything just worked. Very convenient. >>>> >>>> But in the new system, each containing directory is reflected in the New >>>> File tree, so I get a lot of "templates" entries under the Global Templates >>>> item, with no way to distinguish which project a given templates directory >>>> is for. >>>> >>>> Short of bringing back the old dialog, I think an easy fix would be to make >>>> Global Templates a flat list like the old dialog. >>>> >>>> Otherwise I can't think of any easy change that would make the new dialog >>>> behave usefully with the way I currently have my templates organized. >>>> >>>> One of the nice aspects of the old template mechanism was it meant that I >>>> didn't have to have a templates/ directory that was designed specifically >>>> for Oxygen, since the use of Oxygen is as much for my own convenience as it >>>> is for my clients. >>>> >>>> That is, I want my "templates" directory to be the holder for any kind of >>>> template for any tool or purpose for which templates is useful, not a >>>> specific "Oxygen templates" directory. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> E. >>>> >> -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 512.554.9368 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com _______________________________________________ oXygen-user mailing list oXygen-user@oxygenxml.com http://www.oxygenxml.com/mailman/listinfo/oxygen-user
