Re: [gtkmm] windows inside window

[erik echohome org]

Even Microsoft has pretty much admitted that the MDI design is a mistake.

Ever since Office 2000, each application document that is opened has it's
own Task Bar entry as well as it's own SDI window (the only thing that it
didn't have was it's own event loop! - which it should have IMHO).

Erik.

> i mean .. i would recommend gtk and gtkmm but not MDI apps ;)
>
> ... good luck porting ..
>
> Clemens
>
> ps:
> an "mdi-Windows 2 sdi-Linux" App porting guide would be an interresting
> reading ;)
>
> On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 20:39:37 +0100
> Alexander Bussman <buxman telia com> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>> I'm trying to port a program from MFC to gtkmm and the problem is that
>> I don't know how to create the "windows inside window" look. What I
>> mean is like a workspace inside my application so I can create windows
>> in it that I can resize, close, maximize and move around.
>>
>> Does anyone know how I could do this?
>>
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