[Design] [Re-Proposal] Import/Export, Export/Reload Consolidated

[Heikki Toivonen]

Mimi Yin wrote:
> However, as Heikki suggested we *can* simplify the UI by consolidating
> Import/Export with Export/Reload. I don't really see how we can combine
> them into one pair of dialogs (short of implementing a wizard of sorts.)
> However, we could do something as simple as creating sub-menu items
> under import and export. 

Please note that I was not proposing one pair of dialogs. Maybe it was
not clear from my earlier post.

Trying to make it clearer... So in the case of one selecting File >
Import... you first select a file to import. Then, based on the file suffix:

*.chex => we reload the .chex file, same what happens now when you
select File > Reload Collections and Settings...

*.ics => you get the same dialog you get now from File > Import Tasks
and Events from an iCalendar File, except File location field is not
editable and there is no Browse button

*.csv => (Maybe we don't support this yet, but would import something
from csv file)

*.txt => (We don't support this yet, but could see a plugin that made
.txt imported into a note, possibly stamping as event if it parsed
date/time info)

*.eml => (Import an email message, do we support this yet?)

and so forth for other formats. Doing it this way would let plugins add
support for new file formats.

-- 
  Heikki Toivonen


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