Re: [Gnumed-devel] A case for partless documents

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 04:02:15PM -0800, James Busser wrote:

> 1) can this please be updated (for consistency) to
>
>       "No parts to save. Acquire some parts first."

I changed all occurrences of "page(s)" already (barring some
forgotten corners) except for "scan pages".

> 2) I suggest that it be configurable whether the widget will allow the 
> saving of what is essentially a pointer to the original document. This 
> already enjoyed some discussion e.g. with respect to DICOM images. A 
> configuration setting would allow the dialog to instead say:
>
>       "No parts to save. Really save an <empty> Document as a reference?"
>
> Default button would be "No" but the user would be permitted to choose 
> "Yes". It would be easily decided by the reviewing physician if some 
> other user decision needed correction, they could always add the part 
> then."
I think you have a point here. Will do. The backend readily
supports it anyway.

> The alternative would be to "create/write" a part that consists only of 
> the reference to the paper or external item.
Where appropriate that could come in handy, yes.

Karsten
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