Re: MDI on X11

[Marko Macek <Marko Macek gmx net>]

Matthias Ettrich wrote:
> 
> > > MDI, while probably a bad choice for a wordprocessor, makes perfect sense for
> > > certain kind of applications: IDEs and the GIMP comes to my mind. Just the fact
> >
> > I quite like GIMP the way it is. But I really dislike MS C++ DevStudio
> > (I wish that C/C++ IDE supported separate toplevel windows like Visual
> > Basic does :)
> 
> This is the very first time someone told me that he actually likes the GIMP
> user interface. Everyone I'm talking talk dislikes it ( even the Kylanders ).

It could be improved, but MDI is not the way to do it.
 
> Tastes are different. For me, MDI is a logical extension of the multiple
> desktops  concept: a moveable desktop, dedicated to one application.

But you can't mix/match different applications when you have MDI frame.
If you just run Gimp on it's own workspace you can do it.

Mark
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