Comment 2 for bug 170550

This is an annoying usability issue on all platforms. I always try to keep a "new" Inkscape document minimized on the task bar so that when I close a working document, there is still an instance of the Inkscape app open. I then have to remember to click the "new document" icon on the toolbar to open another document. When I forget and immediately start a new project in the blank document, and then close that document and Inkscape with it, the curses can be heard several kilometres away. This usability issue has nothing to do with a document-centric philosophy. You can either have multiple child document windows like many other apps on Windows, Linux, OSX, etc. or just do what Notepad++ does -- immediately open a new blank document to keep the app running.
If I really want to exit Inkscape I will use the File > Quit menu option. It seems to fly in the face of accepted GUI design to have two different menu options (Close and Quit) on the same File menu which do the same thing in the particular case when there is only one document open. I want Close to just close the current document, asking me whether I want to save if necessary, and then for Inkscape to do whatever it has to to keep running.