Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
"Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
I would like to state that Mac users and Windows users all have the
same point of view in this. To see this, realize that the motivation
for the current implementation of the item is to enable Mac users to
close the last window, but to make sure not to quit the application.
If we now define this as the exact meaning of "Close Window", then
Windows users (and others) use the item in exactly the same way
until there is only one window left.
The best is probably to look at what other applications do.
- firefox: File>Close (Ctrl-w) closes tabs and then windows as needed,
until nothing remain (then is exits on windows/linux but not on
mac). There is no separate notion of 'close window'
On Linux, anyway, I do have a File>Close Window, bound to C-S-W, as well
as a Close Tab, IF there is more than one tab open. It's obvious enough
what these do. If there isn't more than one tab open, then there is just
File>Close, also bound to C-W, though C-S-W seems to have the same
behavior in that case.
- openoffice (on linux): there is a file>close (without shortcut) that
is still enabled when there is no file. Ctrl-w is bound to
window>close which closes the current window unless this is the last
one. In this case, it closes the documents and keeps the empty
window. The next Ctrl-w will quit openoffice.
Yes, you have both "close" and "exit", even if there is no document. I
find that confusing but could of course adjust to it.
The Firefox behavior seems to me sensible: Why have two menu items that
do the same thing? But I don't know whether we can massage our menus
easily that way.
rh
