Re: [Kile-devel] empty document templates

[Holger D. <h-d...@ve...>]

Hi,

> > Sorry, but i don't understand this? You wrote
> >
> > > Maybe we should really remove every highlighting and every
> > > other details from  the empty documents, so that they really
> > > represent what they are, i.e. empty  text documents ?
> >
> > So, where are the differences between all these empty documents
> > after removing all details?
>
> Oh no, sorry for being a little bit unclear in this point, I meant
> removing the "fake" LaTeX highlighting on empty text documents,
> i.e. if you choose to create an "Empty Document", then you won't
> get any highlighting at all.

Sorry, but this will start our discussion again...

For me, from a point of an user, an empty document is a non-predefined 
empty document without any attributes, which is transformable into 
each other document type.  This also means  that there is one and 
only one empty document type.

The document type will be determined, if i choose a file extension in 
the fileSaveAs dialog. If i want to create a LaTeX package, i will 
save it as 'xyz.sty', if i want to create a bibtex file, i will save 
it as 'xyz.bib' and it could be 'xyz.tex', if it should be a normal 
latex document. This is the point, where i choose the real type of 
the document. This is also the standard behavior, which an user 
expects, when working with empty documents.

At this moment, the user can choose for example an empty Bibtex 
document and save it as 'xyz.tex', because he has changed his mind 
and he started to edit a normal LaTeX document. But Kile will say 
him: "sorry dear user, but you have created an empty bibtex document 
and so it will be till the end of time..."

No, sorry, this is not what i prefer :)

ciao holger