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- Bill Janssen writes:
- > It would be nice if when a Postscript, audio, or image file is selected
- > (or any type which uses an external viewer), XMosaic would put something
- > in the document window (maybe "Document foo://foo.bar.bletch/dir/name
- > being displayed via command `xv DOC'" or some such), and make the source
- > of the document manipulable via the "File/Document Source..." and "Save
- > As..." buttons. Or in some other way unify the two classes.
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- Yup -- in 2.x (or whatever we call the Next Generation, this summer),
- non-text datatypes will be represented iconically and one will be able
- to save to file, print (if possible), pipe through external viewer,
- display with default mechanism, reload over the network, or whatever,
- through the GUI. This will be part of the MIME support also. And the
- WYSIWYG editing. (Promises promises.)
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- Cheers,
- Marc
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