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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: FW: Question about Kword (and others?) saving structure
From:       Erik Severinghaus <erik () linux ! com>
Date:       1999-12-20 20:56:50
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To to quibble over something stupid, but I don't think I had any
reply-to headers(though I'm often wrong). I don't have any set in
Netscape, and I didn't see any in my message, and when I reply to my
message it sends to koffice. :)

Erik
David Faure wrote:

> Hmm, my reply went directly to erik
> (no Reply-To fields please !)
>
> > 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
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> David Faure
> faure@kde.org - KDE developer
> david@mandrakesoft.com - Mandrake
> david.faure@cramersystems.com - Cramer Systems

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