Comment 4 for bug 1362061

Sorry for the late reply.

> @Sebastian - did you try a recent develop snapshot build (0.91pre2)
> which features a new dialog to choose from available
> templates, and now also supports procedural templates?
Yes, I did and it's already a good start, though not exactly what I had in mind.

> before tossing Inkcape's current template-based 'New document' feature out of the window
I didn't say that. The new behavior would still be template-based. The difference would be that the user first sees a dialog before a new document is created. The preferences in this dialog would be set by the default template.

As in the earlier mentioned blueprint I suggest to also rework the Document Properties dialog to allow it to be reused for this purpose. I attached a (Win8-based) mockup of how I imagine this dialog to look like.

Key points:
- Tightened up UI
- Ability to choose from the different templates
- Current settings can be saved as new template
- Preview of current format
- Buttons to create and cancel the document creation

Let me know whether this idea should better be put into another blueprint instead of this bug.

Sebastian