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[Jaap Karssenberg <jaap.karssenberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Roberto Suarez Soto wrote:
> El día Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:52:49 +0200, Jaap Karssenberg
> <jaap.karssenberg@xxxxxxxxx> escribía:
>
>   
> > I think this is a good one. Anyone feel like designing a wizard (or 
> > "assistant" in gtk jargon) for first time users ? It should just explain 
> > what a notebook is and ask for the location to store notes and other 
> > properties with some meaningful defaults or select an existing notebook.
> >     
>
> 	Why not use the Almighty Default? :-)
>
> 	Just create a default notebook (called "Notebook") and place it
> somewhere reasonable. You can warn users afterwards that you have already
> created a notebook such and such, but the main point is that they'll be able
> to start using Zim without answering "complex" questions. Most users won't
> care if their notebook is in "~/.zim", "~/.notebooks", or whatever. Just do
> it and let them start to play ASAP


As discussed before I do not want to use a hidden directory by default. 
When we use a normal directory as default this might conflict with an 
existing directory of that name, so it becomes complex to define the 
right behavior. I like an application to leave me in control where my 
data goes.

A wizard does not need to be complex. Maybe it should just say "Zim 
needs a folder to store your notes. Which folder do you want to use as 
your notebook ?" with a file selector and hide all the properties.

Regards,

Jaap