Re: Logic behind CLOSE and EXIT.

[D-Man <dman d137-l025 rh rit edu>]

I'll add my vote for Opinion #4.





Rodd Clarkson wrote:
> 
> > | If someone can sumarize the different opinions, I would like to know
> > | about them, but graying out "close" on the last notebook is not
> > | something I want.
> >
> > Opinion 1:
> >
> > That the last spreadsheet should not be closed with CLOSE but with
> > EXIT. All the other spreadsheet windows should be closed with
> > CLOSE. EXIT should close all windows and exit gnumeric
> >
> > Opinion 2:
> >
> > Remove Exit and only use CLOSE for all windows. This will be
> > consistent with the "X" Close button that most WMs provide.
> >
> > Opinion 3:
> >
> > As it is now.
> >
> Opinion 4:
> 
> That CLOSE closes a workbook (but doesn't exit gnumeric) and EXIT exits
> gnumeric (and closes workbooks if necessary).
> 
> For a good look at how option 4 works check out gedit (I use 0.6.1 but
> other versions should work the same).
> 
> * When you open gedit you get open document.
> * If you then open another document without making any changes to the
> initial document, the initial document is replaced with the new
> document.
> * You can then open more documents which appear in the same windows
> (with tabs to distinguish between documents) and these can then be
> dragged to new windows if you want to work with documents in seperate
> windows.
> * When you click CLOSE it closes the current documents. If there is only
> one document open then it replaces that document with a new document.
> * If you then open another document then this new document is replaced
> with the document being opened.
> * And of course, if you wish to exit gedit at any time you can click on
> EXIT with closes all documents and exits.
> * There's also a CLOSE ALL option which closes all documents but does
> not exit gedit.
> 
> I believe this is the model that should be used for gnumeric.  It's
> extremely flexible, allowing each person to work the way they wish
> (documents all in one window or in seperate windows or a mixture of
> both) and the options CLOSE and EXIT work consistently across all
> situations.
> 
> Check it out...
> 
> Rodd
>