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[lyx.git] / src / frontends / qt4 / GuiView.cpp

diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
index 0e16d88a56f532accc68185534d883e27c64203f..1ecc27b612676ed0821ec0e85ea94c112afafe88 100644 (file)
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
@@ -1032,6 +1032,49 @@ FuncStatus GuiView::getStatus(FuncRequest const & cmd)
 }
 
 
+static FileName selectTemplateFile()
+{
+       FileDialog dlg(_("Select template file"));
+       dlg.setButton1(_("Documents|#o#O"), from_utf8(lyxrc.document_path));
+       dlg.setButton1(_("Templates|#T#t"), from_utf8(lyxrc.template_path));
+
+       FileDialog::Result result =
+               dlg.open(from_utf8(lyxrc.template_path),
+                            FileFilterList(_("LyX Documents (*.lyx)")),
+                            docstring());
+
+       if (result.first == FileDialog::Later)
+               return FileName();
+       if (result.second.empty())
+               return FileName();
+       return FileName(to_utf8(result.second));
+}
+
+
+void GuiView::newDocument(string const & filename, bool from_template)
+{
+       FileName initpath(lyxrc.document_path);
+       Buffer * buf = buffer();
+       if (buf) {
+               FileName const trypath(buf->filePath());
+               // If directory is writeable, use this as default.
+               if (trypath.isDirWritable())
+                       initpath = trypath;
+       }
+
+       string templatefile = from_template ?
+               selectTemplateFile().absFilename() : string();
+       Buffer * b;
+       if (filename.empty())
+               b = newUnnamedFile(templatefile, initpath);
+       else
+               b = newFile(filename, templatefile, true);
+
+       if (b)
+               setBuffer(b);
+}
+
+
 void GuiView::insertLyXFile(docstring const & fname)
 {
        BufferView * bv = view();