[spe.pycs.net] Re: Poll: SDI or MDI for Linux as default?

[Ionutz Borcoman]

I am also for MDI.

MDI apps like Visual Studio, has a box where the files are shown. You 
can maximize your file (and see only one file at a time) or you can 
cascade, tile, etc. the open files and see what you like. The code 
browser, output window, etc can be 'docked' or 'floated' on the sides of 
the main frame.

My proposal is this:

1. Edited files should be viewable in the middle region of the main 
frame. The region should show tabs with the name of the edited files. 
The active tab should correspond to the active file. If the files are 
maximized, they would take all avilable space. If not, the user could 
tile or cascade the files (from a menu item) or resize the files with 
the mouse.

2. The 'utility' windows (like output windows, code browser, etc.) 
should allow grouping in toolboxes. The toolboxes could 'float' or be 
docked on the right, left or bottom sides of the main window (the top 
side should allow only for the normal toolbar and menubar). The user 
should be able to move a 'utility' window from one toolbox to another by 
dragging its tab from one toolbox and dropping it to another. If the tab 
is not dropped on another toolbox, a new toolbox containing only this 
'utility' window should be created.

This model is similar with the Adobe one (and with what the new Gimp 2 
is doing).

Ionutz

Nigel Rowe wrote:

> Before all this "One window to rule them all..." goes toooo far,  *PLEASE* 
> don't let SDI mode disappear.  Its the main reason I've just started using 
> spe (changed from idle).
> 
> I see no problem with MDI being the default, if thats what the general 
> consenus is, but please leave SDI available as an option.
> 
> BTW a question to all you MDI users out there, how would you keep the contents 
> of both module.py (the code) and module_test.py (the unit tests) visible at 
> the same time when running in MDI mode???
> 
> 	Nigel





________ Information from NOD32 ________
This message was checked by NOD32 Antivirus System for Linux Mail Server.
http://www.nod32.com