Hmm, my reply went directly to erik
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> Given the current way koffice is done
> (apps share the same File menu), it'd better go there.
> Otherwise you'll have to add the entry to each and every app, 
> bad idea.
> 
> In the future (next kparts), they'll be able share any menu,
> but that's not yet the case.
> 
> The style guide doesn't forbid you from adding anything in 
> the File menu,
> it only suggests what should be there.
> And File isn't a bad choice after all : those properties 
> apply to the file,
> whereas Edit applies to the currently selected object(s).
> 
> Thanks a lot for doing this.
> 
> When you've implemented the saving into the XML files,
> I'll be able to finally implement this "koffice-mode" in 
> konqueror that
> Torben suggested : a mode where you can see this information 
> in the file
> manager (don't know really how it will look like, though !).
> 
> --
> David Faure
> faure@kde.org - KDE developer
> david@mandrakesoft.com - Mandrake
> david.faure@cramersystems.com - Cramer Systems
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Erik Severinghaus [mailto:erik@linuxdev.net]
> > Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 2:46 PM
> > To: koffice@master.kde.org
> > Subject: RE: Question about Kword (and others?) saving structure
> > 
> > 
> > Well, I'll have a look at koDocumentInfo tonight and become 
> > familiar, and see if I can write up the interface. As another 
> > quick question, most programs put a menu like that under 
> > file|properties, but from my (relatively brief) reading of 
> > the style guide, it looks like the file menu is pretty much 
> > set without a properties menu. So should it go under edit? 
> > 
> > Erik
> > 
> > ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> > From:   David Faure <David.Faure@cramersystems.com>
> > Reply-To: koffice@master.kde.org
> > Date:   Mon, 20 Dec 1999 09:33:08 -0000
> > 
> > >Torben had some plans for that.
> > >He even started to implement something, in 
> > >koffice/lib/kofficecore/koDocumentInfo.*
> > >
> > >But what's really missing is the user interface for it.
> > >
> > >--
> > >David Faure
> > >faure@kde.org - KDE developer
> > >david@mandrakesoft.com - Mandrake
> > >david.faure@cramersystems.com - Cramer Systems
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: erik@max.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de
> > >> [mailto:erik@max.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de]On Behalf Of Erik
> > >> Severinghaus
> > >> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 11:41 PM
> > >> To: koffice@master.kde.org
> > >> Subject: Question about Kword (and others?) saving structure
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> I was thinking a useful addition to Kword and other 
> > Koffice apps would
> > >> be a document properties. I noticed DOC author=  for the 
> > name and an
> > >> email address for the author, but things like summary, 
> > date, version
> > >> number, etc. would be nice. I figured this would be 
> fairly easy to
> > >> implement, and am planning on doing it, but I must plead 
> > ignorance on
> > >> XML. If there's a primer that I should just RTFM, I'd be 
> > obliged for a
> > >> link :)  In order to add places for the entries I 
> mentioned above,
> > >> should I just add summary=  version=  etc. to the <DOC> 
> > area? Advise
> > >> would be appreciated.
> > >> 
> > >> Erik
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > 


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David Faure
faure@kde.org - KDE developer
david@mandrakesoft.com - Mandrake
david.faure@cramersystems.com - Cramer Systems