[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 126700] Untitled document remains open when have a default template

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126700

--- Comment #2 from bchemnet <bugreporter at bchemnet.com> ---
In MS Office, if one *explicitly* opens a new document from a template, the
document is flagged as modified and so not replaced if another document is
opened.  That is not the case if the user has set a *default* template; then
new documents are still replaced, because the user has taken no action to
indicate "leave this window alone".

That is my problem here: all of my new document windows remain open only
because I have a default template.  I am never taking any action to flag those
windows as in-use.  So every time I start Libreoffice, even completely fresh,
and then want to open a document, I get an unwanted "untitled" window.  That is
the part that is inconsistent.  An automatically created new window (such as
program start) that draws from a default template should not be flagged as
in-use, and should be replaced.

To be clear: I never open a document as a template.  If I explicitly did that
and then immediately opened something else, I can see the utility in the patch.
 But simply keeping all untitled windows open if they have template information
is going too far, and makes it more frustrating to work with a default template
(which is one of the things that Libreoffice is far stronger in than MS
office).

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