Bug 109472

Summary:	Add templates for new pages
Product:	[Applications] kst	Reporter:	Nicolas Brisset <nicolas.brisset>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kst
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	VLO
Version:	1.x
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Solaris
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Nicolas Brisset 2005-07-22 15:38:44 UTC

Version:           1.2.0_devel (using KDE 3.4.0, compiled sources)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.4.3
OS:                SunOS (sun4u) release 5.8

WARNING: This is a companion report to bug #109430 as it only makes sense when there are "utility" areas/objects in empty pages.

Imagine you define reserved areas with some contextual info as described in bug #109430:
- in the bottom with date, time and username
- on the right with company name and a logo (from an image file)
- at the top for a list of datasources used

That sure makes for very professional plots ! However, if you have to repeat this manually each time you create a page ("Window" in kst terminology), it would be an awful waste of time. For that reason, saving only reserved objects in a .kst (or other extension for templates) file stored in a templates/ directory like for plugins would be necessary. As for plugins, there could be a system-wide templates directory and a user-specific one.
When creating a new window, kst could ask the user to choose from available templates, or use a default template as stored somewhere in the settings.

Comment 1 George Staikos 2005-07-25 19:55:21 UTC

Script language allows you to do this quite nicely.  Is that sufficient for you?

Comment 2 Nicolas Brisset 2005-07-26 00:18:24 UTC

Could be. I must admit I have not really tried the script language yet, so that I have a hard time imagining how it could work. But sure, if it's convenient enough I think it is not a problem.
I still believe the "flow-around" feature mentioned in the discussion for bug #108027 is a prerequisite to work conveniently with contextual data at the page sides...

Comment 3 Netterfield 2006-02-15 00:50:46 UTC

This can be implemented either with scripts or by using a .kst as a template.