On Thu, 2012-05-31 at 11:48 -0400, Kohei Yoshida wrote: > Hi there, > > While looking into this bug > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48348 > > I noticed that we actually allow saving and loading of document in print > preview mode. But to me that feels very odd. Allowing to print from > the preview mode makes sense, but saving the document makes little > sense, and loading another document while in print preview mode even > less so. > > What do you think about disabling these operations while in print > preview mode? That would make the above bug a non-issue as an added > bonus. Disabling them would also make the implementation much saner > since it's not easy to support and maintain these functionalities in > preview mode, since, technically, the print preview is an entirely > different "application" that happens to use the same document model. > Limiting the functionality of the preview mode to just allow previewing > and printing would ease the maintenance burden substantially. > > Views and opinions appreciated. > > Kohei >
I think it entirely reasonable not to offer Save from preview mode. (I am the reporter of bug 48348, and I only realized that preview mode was involved when I came back to my saved file with a fresh build and then *accidentally* came out of preview mode. That just about proves that I did not need to save from preview mode, doesn't it? <grin />) There remains a question about what the program should do when the user (or system?) closes the application while a changed document is in preview mode. I think the Save/Discard dialog at this point is still highly desirable. If it is easiest to go back to the editing program and let the editing program handle it, I think that would be fine. I think that the option to close a single unchanged document from preview mode sounds useful but not essential. All this, of course, comes from my way of working with LO. YMMV. HTH, Terry. _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
