Re: [gtk-list] Re: MDI?

[George <jirka 5z com>]

> But, what else can you do?
> You do need to let the user know the file doesn't exist (say), and you do
> need to do that in a window (because there is no other way). Unless you make
> sure the window doesn't start floating around beneath other windows, you are
> going to make the user very annoyed. This, at least, is the way I feel.
> 
> It supposedly can be done, because that's the way Netscape implements the
> 'Find' window. It isn't modal, but it can't go beneath the main window.
> Can it be done in gtk?

it should be raised .. but if it is not a serious enough offense it
should never willfully stay on top .... so if the user so pleases to put
it in the corner or whatever .. great .... but I HATE netscape's find
window ... I don't want it obscuring the view .... I usuallyw ant to
keep it around .. so I would like it half behind the main window I guess

> > I don't think that decorated windows inside windows are such a good idea
> > in the first place ... but all of X is windows inside windows, most
> > widgets are windows ... an "MDI" application in X usually puts the
> > windows directly on the desktop ... which makes it all exactly as
> > usefull as an MDI, but you can also see other windows, you can put
> > specific windows on other desktops ... etc etc ....
> 
> Oh, the idea of MDI, I feel, isn't limited to windows inside windows. The
> concept is more important. I find MDI very convenient, and don't really
> understand the strong feelings against it here.

MDI as a term is usually refering to multiple decorated windows inside a
window .... if you consider something like what gimp does an MDI ...
great .... emacs implements another type ... but those are rarely called
MDI

George

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