Re: difference between LaunchViewer and LaunchEditor?

Oliver,

> Do we really always want our "Open" menu item to use the "open" 
> verb exclusively? Or is what we really want to use the default 
> action instead (which does not necessarily have to be "open")? 

I think it's better to use "open" verb. After all we are not trying to 
immitate Windows Explorer but give the user some flexibility with the 
files. He can exclplicitly invoke "edit" or "open" actions. If we used 
the default action we should not call the menu item Open but rather 
Execute. To keep things simple it's better to invoke the action as the 
menu suggests.

> Usually the convention is that double-clicking is equivalent to 
> selecting and pressing _Enter_...

I was trying to provide some sort of clever shortcuts to enable edit 
or open, but you are right - Enter key should do same as double-click 
otherwise people will easily get confused.

In the end, WinCvs is a tool for working on files which 99.99% of the 
time means editing them. There is no need to additional shortcuts for 
"Open" options - a menu items will suffice. 

> my utility function (for now called "LaunchFile" - I'm not 
> satisfied with that name yet, though).

It's better to avoid the "Launch" in the name since it will be a 
Windows-specific function wrapper. It will also be confusing having 
the LaunchViewer and LaunchEditor around already. How about 
"ShellFileAction"?

Best Regards,
Jerzy



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