Am Tue, 12 Jul 2022 11:19:22 +0200 schrieb meik michalke <meik.micha...@uni-duesseldorf.de>: > we have run again links, which is a great feature. i was wondering if > it was useful to allow these settings also to be stored apart from an > output file. a use case i have in mind is new dialogs to create > RMarkdown files from templates with previously stored user data, so > you don't have to fill in your name and other standard stuff you > usually want to be in that document. but it can also be helpful in > other cases.
I haven't really formed a clear opinion on this, yet. The feature sounds useful, indeed. As for the implementation, I don't expect major difficulties (and yes, this would work for all plugin dialogs without the need for case-by-case adjustments). I'll ignore that aspect for the minute, and focus on something else instead: What does give me a bit of a headache is the UI. I fear, we are a bit on the complex side, already. This feature add to that, and may not be entirely self-explanatory, either. We'll probably also want to add a "Reset" feature at the same time (bringing the dialog back to defaults), and let's not forget about the capability to remove stale templates. Of course we could hide most of it behind a single hamburger button? Further points that would need consideration: If we allow for several templates per dialog, is one of them loaded by default, when opening the dialog? Is one of them saved, automatically (aka "most recent settings")? And would that auto-saving happen only on "Submit" (least surprising behavior) or also on "Close" (useful with previews)? And somewhat unrelated, but while we're at it: - Would it make sense to remove the "Close" button (since you can also simply close the dialog, as any regular window)? - Where (if anywhere) would the "Auto close"-checkbox go? Regards Thomas
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