Got a user request for templates in Octavo (my Mac app for PDF imposition).
Do you guys think I should build on top of the "Stationary Pad" finder flag? Do any of you actually use that? Advantages of using it, it'd handle the open-as-new-document flow for me. But the disadvantage is, I couldn't set a separate icon or extension for the template files.
@amyworrall Hmmm, is that true? I remember applications used to have different icons for stationery pads back in System 7. Would be surprised if that functionality got dropped.
I have used it a handful of times. Actually now I think of it, I have a Retrobatch document I should make a stationery pad for.
@jfro @schwa right there in Get Info :)
It seems to be implemented as a duplicate-then-open. Rather than getting a new untitled document with the contents of the pad, it saves “Padname copy.whatever” in the finder _next to_ the stationary pad… reminds me a bit of the Lisa office suite…
@amyworrall I use the stationery pad feature /all/ the time. I have a set of BBEdit text doc stationery pads, each preconfigured for specifics tasks.
Then again, I’m weird so you should probably just ignore me (-:
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