Re: Templates directory looks pretty bare

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Ryan McDougall">

> I agree mostly, thats why it should be done by a group that can exercise
> restraint. We can, and the distros can, but I fear there is no motivation
> for the distros to do so. IMO that leaves it up to us.

That's not the point. If we create a 'standard' of pre-installing templates,
everyone will do it, and users will suffer the consequences. That's what I
mean by restraint - we can create a 'standard' of leaving it up to users.

> While I definitely want to empower the user with choice, I don't want to
> make them figure out how to open a simple text file via templates all by
> themselves. All I'm talking about is adding an empty Text file, and empty
> TAR/GZ, and maybe someone else can think of _one_ or _two_ things.  I'm
> just trying to bootstrap the discovery process. IMO that is restraint and
> usability.

You're bootstrapping the same way MS bootstrapped their templates menu. The
correct fix for this is exposing the ability to use templates elsewhere;
Curtis provided an excellent method of doing this.

- Jeff

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