Re: [gtk-list] Re: MDI?

[Matt Wimer <matt thunder cgibuilder com>]

> > > 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)

here is a wild idea.  why not just ask the window manager to keep
specially marked windows inside of some main window or x1,y1-x2,y2 plane?

--matt wimer