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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KFM Templates
From:       ian geiser <geiseri1234 () yahoo ! com>
Date:       1999-08-30 18:22:57
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--- David Sweet <dsweet@chaos.umd.edu> wrote:
> I was thinking that KDE applications don't take
> advantage of the Templates
> directory on the Desktop.  It would be nice if,
> where appropriate, applications
> could install a template for their document type
> 
> For example, I just added an empty file called "Text
> file.txt" to my Templates
> directory.  Now I can right-click on the desktop and
> create a new text file.  A
> left-click on the icon opens my text editor (emacs).
>  Of course you could put
> a file with any extension for which you had an app
> capable of creating files
> of that type:  .xpm, .(koffice document extension --
> don't know what it is),
> .html, .tar.gz, etc.
> 
> It doesn't add anything powerful, just a different
> point of view (more
> "document-centric" maybe).
> 
> Dave

I always wondered why this folder wasn't kept in the .kde directory....

It sounds like a great idea.  I am doing that with my Applixware
Document Templates right now.  Thanks for the idea.

-ian reinhart geiser




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