[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kde-commits
Subject:    developer.kde.org/documentation/standards/kde/style/menus
From:       Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-08-15 16:07:01
[Download RAW message or body]

CVS commit by aseigo: 

add clarification on use of Save As versus Save in read-only document
centric applications


  M +8 -1      file.html   1.10


--- developer.kde.org/documentation/standards/kde/style/menus/file.html  #1.9:1.10
@@ -189,5 +189,12 @@
               template should be the topmost item in the sub-menu.     
           </p>
-
+          <p>
+              If the application only offers a read-only view or if the data in the main
+              document area can never be saved back to the original source, <i>Save As...</i>
+              should be the only saving option offered in the File menu. It should also be
+              bound to the default save keyboard accelerator. The <i>Save</i> entry is only
+              appropriate when files can be opened, editted and then saved back to the
+              original file.
+          </p>
           <p>
           If the user has made modifications to the document and invokes the


[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]