Files: new feature

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Friday, November 2, 2012 13:23:00 Wolfgang Romey wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> > I guess we can start discussing and schedule items soon, since nobody
> > seems
> > to be adding anything anymore. When is the scheduling/discussion session
> > planned?
> 
> Would Files be the right place to create new files and start the app, in
> which i can work on it. Example: I create can creater a new .txt file and
> kwrite opens?

Very good question, and one I've also been wrestling with :)

Basically, I think all this needs is a very simple application that lists the 
kinds of things you can create. Then we can have a "Create" entry in Launch 
which would open a window listing all the kinds of things you can create. This 
list would probably best be built from sets of .desktop files that applications 
can install specifically for this purpose.

This Create application would then launch the appropriate application with a 
new document opened.

It would be very nice things like "Email" and "Event" could be in there as 
well, which means being able to launch Kontact Touch with appropriate 
parameters.

Even if that is not possible right away, we could start with things like text, 
word processing, etc. files for which we have reasonable editor support.

This app should look harmonious with Files. However, it doesn't really need 
the sidebar ... and even the top bar is probably unecessary. So I don't think 
Files is the best application to add this functionality to.

The real big question is: how to show the various things you can create 
without it becoming a giant mess of icons.

-- 
Aaron J. Seigo
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