Re: File Useability question

[Uli Kusterer]

In article <mailman.250.1077387488.340.discuss-gnustep@gnu.org>,
 Enrico Sersale <enrico@imago.ro> wrote:

> For this you need an editor for the file type.
> Probably, "File->New File" is a mistake; simply, it should not be there. I've 
> added it because I work mainly with text files; for me, "File->New File" 
> represents a usefull feature, because with a command N and a double click I 
> get the new file opened with the nedit wrapper in the right directory.
> But I've not considered the users...

Just an idea: Why don't you expand upon it and make it work? E.g., you 
could make this a way to create files from a template. Have a directory 
somewhere in which people can put files. Then give File->New File a 
submenu listing all the files in that directory. When the user picks one 
of these files, it copies the template to where it would have created 
the text file (unique-ifying the file name if there is already a file of 
that name).

You could have the same functionality that is there now by simply 
putting a .txt file into this templates directory. And you could list 
the file names alphabetically and give the topmost one Command-N.

Or you could implement the same thing, but instead of a submenu, display 
a window with a list from which the user can choose the template to copy.

Cheers,
-- Uli
http://www.zathras.de