The new Open... command

[Stefan]

Now, that I auto-add opened files to the MRU, I wonder if it is still good/necessary to preset the Open dialog to the currently selected file... I rather think it's not.

Since the currently selected file is shown only in CTRL+O -dialog only
and not immediately added to the history
i think it's no harm to let it as it is.
At least it's an quick way to add files to the history that way.



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v9.00.0204 - 2010-04-26 12:00
[...]
* Menu File | Open...: Changed text "Enter item to open." to "Enter
file to open." to make clear that this is predominantly about
files (documents). Folders work, executables work, but the
interface is mainly meant to quickly open a recently opened
document again.

Just an question:
shouldn't "File > Open..." be renamed to smtg like "File > Open Document..." too, to make this clear?

[admin]

Now, that I auto-add opened files to the MRU, I wonder if it is still good/necessary to preset the Open dialog to the currently selected file... I rather think it's not.

Since the currently selected file is shown only in CTRL+O -dialog only
and not immediately added to the history
i think it's no harm to let it as it is.
At least it's an quick way to add files to the history that way.



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v9.00.0204 - 2010-04-26 12:00
[...]
* Menu File | Open...: Changed text "Enter item to open." to "Enter
file to open." to make clear that this is predominantly about
files (documents). Folders work, executables work, but the
interface is mainly meant to quickly open a recently opened
document again.

Just an question:
shouldn't "File > Open..." be renamed to smtg like "File > Open Document..." too, to make this clear?

1. I see a little harm because it makes the function context dependent which adds complexity.
2. I prefer short catchy captions, and in my understanding "Open" kind of implies "document". For non-docs one would rather use "run".