On 18 January 2016 at 14:12, René J.V. <rjvber...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Monday January 18 2016 12:47:59 C. Boemann wrote: > > >Well what you would get is a really empty document then - not pages, no > font, > >no margins, no nothing - all of those decisions is what is stored in a > >template. Having to code all those decisions just for the sake of not > loading > >a file with those decisions "coded" through a much nice user interface > called a > >wordprocessor is well.. stupid. > > I'm not sure I agree. I'm quite sure that in OpenOffice and a few other > wordprocessors, things like the default styles, page size etc. are > configured at a different level than the document template (though a > template could probably override them). I may be wrong, of course, but I'd > certainly appreciate it if templates have the option to omit specifying > things like styles and page size so that my own preference in these matters > applies. > > Anyway, go ahead, forget I made some noises :) >
Some people want a document with default footer/header, like a company logo. This is all defined in file format, default document instance == template, GUI only follows what's in the document and document standard. The original document is not just an almost empty XML also for historical reason; like Camilla said, truly empty document would be probably even logically broken/invalid for some editors, if it lacks a single frame and user isn't able to insert proper frame. I bet not even 0.1% of users understand that the central area of the document can be actually a frame. This is exactly because they're used to see default "empty" documents being preconfigured for them, to start being productive right after the app starts. > > R. > _______________________________________________ > calligra-devel mailing list > calligra-devel@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/calligra-devel > -- regards, Jaroslaw Staniek KDE: : A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators : and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org Calligra Suite: : A graphic art and office suite - http://calligra.org Kexi: : A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi Qt Certified Specialist: : http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek
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