Re: Template system

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 10:25, Ross Burton wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 18:11, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> > but very easy to understand system where you just copy files to the
> > $HOME/Template directory (Locations -> Templates)
> 
> I'd really prefer ~/.gnome2/nautilus-templates (or something), as:
> 
> a) this isn't something I can *trivally* use from sh [1]

You can use "cp ~/Templates/Foo ." :)

> b) there is a Locations menu entry for it already, which provides a UI
> for it.

Well, it makes the directory "magic", in the sense that you can only get
to it in a specific way in the ui. This makes the user model much more
complicated.

> Maybe a GConf key is a good idea.

Then only gconf-using apps (gnome apps) will be able to find the
directory to e.g. save a template.

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