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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Persistent filter settings - dialog only pops up once
From:       Nicolas Goutte <nicolasg () snafu ! de>
Date:       2003-02-15 20:46:02
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Having File/Import and File/Export could be interesting.

But perhaps we could use  "File/Load Copy" and "File/Save Copy As" (similar to 
the use in AbiWord.) Personally I find these names more intuitive.

Have a nice day/evening/night!

On Saturday 15 February 2003 20:39, David Faure wrote:
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> On Saturday 15 February 2003 06:55, Clarence Dang wrote:
> > On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 09:59 pm, David Faure wrote:
> > > On Friday 14 February 2003 11:44, Clarence Dang wrote:
(...)
> > > Maybe we should have Import and Export menu items, to distinguish the
> > > two ways?
> >
> > Hmm, but that really takes away the idea that KWord can seamlessly handle
> > different formats (instead of being able to "Open" and "Save" e.g. RTF
> > documents, we can only "Import" and "Export" them) ... and it would ruin
> > the CTRL+S shortcut for those who are used to it.
>
> I think you haven't understood my suggestion.
>
> Open and Save would work with RTF format as if it were the native format
> (maybe a warning at first, but all subsequent "save"s would indeed save
> there, and you wouldn't get the "want to save as .kwd" when closing the
> window). Open, and Save As, would still "remember that url as the one you
> want to work on". (I think this is all what you're asking for).
>
> But sometimes you also want to simply do a one-time import or a one-time
> export. Importing a file means that the resulting document is unnamed and
> not associated with a URL (like what "open" currently does with foreign
> formats"). Exporting a file means the new URL is used for saving into that
> format, but the current URL is kept for further work on the file.
> E.g. I might want to make a one-time export as .txt, but to keep working on
> a .kwd document to keep all the formatting. The format I'm exporting to
> might simply be for sending to other persons (e.g. RTF), but I still want
> to save locally in the format that is guaranteed to keep everything.
>
> I think this would make much sense and be quite powerful ... but I don't
> know if it might confuse anyone ("what's the difference between Open->*.rtf
> and Import->*.rtf ?").
>
> - --
> David Faure -- faure@kde.org, dfaure@klaralvdalens-datakonsult.se
> Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, Platform-independent software solutions
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