Subject: Re: Commit: template support
From: David Chart (linux@dchart.demon.co.uk)
Date: Tue Nov 06 2001 - 15:43:52 CST
On 06 Nov 2001 15:39:58 -0500, Dom Lachowicz wrote:
>
> > However, the normal template should be a user-level preference, so it
> > should be in the user's .AbiSuite directory, along with AbiWord.Profile.
>
> I'm going to make so that we *still* install the global template file,
> but on Unix we also check for a ~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt first.
> I hope that this sounds reasonable to you and I hope to have this done
> in a little bit. It's on my radar now.
>
Yes, that sounds fine.It might not hurt to create one if it doesn't
exist, but installing the global one to copy from sounds like an
excellent idea.
> > Is there an easy way to edit it, or does the user have to find the
> > hidden files and open it from there? (The latter is fine at this stage
> > of development, but I need to check I'm not missing something before I
> > write the docs.)
>
> Using AbiWord to open the normal.awt file, wherever it may lie, doesn't
> sound too difficult of an operation to me,
If it's in a hidden directory, the average user won't be able to find
it. At least, not without directions.
Also, where will the 'New' command look for templates? Files that we
expect users to edit by hand probably shouldn't be hidden, I think.
> and as a user (I actually do
> use AbiWord quite a lot) I wouldn't mind doing this. However, I'd love
> to hear suggestions as to what we should do to make this easier,
> especially because it'd be totally trivial to implement.
>
Well, Word gives you an option to save changes to a template when you
make changes to the styles in a file. I find that very useful -- it
saves me having to make the changes twice. (I use templates a lot,
because I write for various people who require various styles, and
sometimes they change them.) Of course, it should be an option --
sometimes I just want to change the styles in a document.
-- David Chart
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