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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: New should open new document directly
From:       Thomas Zander <zander () planescape ! com>
Date:       2001-05-24 18:23:10
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On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 03:34:46PM +0200, Niels Reedijk wrote:
> Op donderdag 24 mei 2001 10:03, schreef Thomas Zander:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I personally prefer the New option in the File menu instantly showing a
> > > new document, and not first showing a dialog, where you can choose Open
> > > as well (there's a menu entry for that!).
> > Are templates logical to use for KSpread ?
> > My first reaction was that new should open a dialog because there you
> > have to select which template the new document will appear in. Which
> > is consistent with the whole of KOffice.
> 
> For templates it is logical to create a New using template... option in the 
> file menu.

No, then it would break with the other KOffice programs. 
 
> > Well, we should probably have a KOffice KControl module
> > which lets the users select this behavior, a default paper
> > size, default unit,... but I'm sorry, I don't have any time
> > for that right now. :(
> 
> Wouldn't it be better to just incorporate it in the normal options dialogs?
> And why is it necessary to have a KOffice kcontrol unit? An element like 
> paper size should be configurable in general.
 
We think in kParts, meaning it is easy to reuse the panel. Like the konqueror 
modules are present from konqueror and from kcontrol.

-- 
Thomas Zander                                            zander@earthling.net
The only thing worse than failure is the fear of trying something new

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