Can you set a QGIS print composer to render the map as default?

Question

I have set up a number of templates for the print composer in QGIS.

In the Print Composer, there is the option to have the map image displayed in 3 ways:

• as a blank rectangle with no updates until it is output
• as a manual refresh based on cache
• as a rendered refresh

When my templates are opened, the map image loads as a blank rectangle by defualt, is there a way either in QGIS settings or in the template itself to force the map image to load as "Cache" or "Render" without having to manually change this?

Answer 1

QGIS V2 onwards solves this. The question was submitted using QGIS 1.8