On 2004-02-21 16:37:26 +0200 Dennis Leeuw <dleeuw@made-it.com> wrote:
Enrico Sersale wrote:
On 2004-02-21 12:51:22 +0200 Dennis Leeuw <dleeuw@made-it.com> wrote:
Just had a little discussion with my girlfriend about the GNUstep
useability. And she was wondering why there was in the GWorkspace
menu an entry for File -> New File without the ability to associate
this file with a certain program.
And I couldn't answer that question...
Well, because you associate it renaming it!
Yep, I do understand that... but imagine an ignorant user. It is not
intuitive. He/She creates a file and has an empty file that is of no
use. Wouldn't it be nice (more useful) to ask what kind of file is
meant and which program the user wants it to be associated with?
I mean what is the use of an empty file?
To rename it with a .m or .h extension and add a new file to your
project :)
(Instead of opening your editor, create a new document and then go until
the directory where you want to save it).
But this is valid only for text files; GW can't create tiff, pdf, jpeg,
and so on files.
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...
I think that I'll rename it "File->New txt file" or, even better, I'll
put only a key equivalent for it.