Re: [gtk-list] Re: MDI?

[<nuke bayside net>]

On Wed, 13 May 1998, Nimrod Zimerman wrote:

> On Wed, May 13, 1998 at 01:27:47AM -0500, Bil Wendling wrote:
> 
> > There's a list in the TODO list of gtk 1.0.1 and one item suggests doing a
> > Multiple Document Interface model. It should be pointed out that many
> > places, including Microsoft, have abandonded this practice...
> 
> Do you have any idea why? I always thought it is a pretty useful concept.
> 
> By the way - how can something like that be implemented in X? Is there a
> concept of 'windows inside windows'?

this will obviously have to be done to support porting KDE/windows apps to
Gnome, but *how* it will be done can be a creative effort. i'm all for the
idea someone had a while back where the MDI windows can be either
windows-inside-windows or work like a tabbed notebook (togglable by a
right-click menu)
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