Re: RGSG

[Tom Vogt <tom lemuria org>]

Dan Kaminsky <effugas@best.com> wrote:

[...edit is needed...]
nope, it's not. there are a whole bunch of apps out there that don't give
you anything to edit. take gv as an example. "Edit" should NOT be required,
the most we can  do is suggest that if there's something to edit, it should
be there and be named  "Edit". but it's surely not a required item.


> Anyway, I'm not really sure why File is all that "right thing do doish".
> Lets see, what kind of stuff goes into file...
> 
> New:  Make a new file
> Open:  Open a new file
> Close:  Close the presently open file
> Save:  Save the present contents into a new file.
> Print:  Print the presently open file
> Exit:  Quit dealing with all these files and get out of here.
this one is wrong. "Exit" does NOT deal with a file. it's  an application
thing. replace this with "Close (document)" for apps  which can  have
several documents open.

> Send:  Send the present file.
> Settings:  Change the settings of this specific file(any other usage is
> inappropriate).
but there are also app-wide settings of two kinds. a) not related to any
document (e.g. pics or text or both in toolbar) and b) default-document
settings.


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