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

[www.stani.be]

Hi ,
Let me first reassure all SDI enthousiasts that from
now on SDI will always be implemented. The reason is
very simple, Mac can't handle MDI very well, and I
want spe definitely on the Mac platform. However in
the next version MDI will be the default for Linux,
but once again this can't be changed in the
preferences.

Ionutz, thanks for your proposal. I think number 1 is
already quite implemented and number two looks very
nice, but there is not yet code for floatable/dockable
windows provided by wxPython (only for a single
dockable toolbar).  Of course I could do this myself,
but I would prefer to spend that time in other things,
like solving all the mac bugs, implementing more
plugins, better autocomplete, debugger, ... But if you
feel tempted to write a class for dockable/floatable
windows, I would be happy to implement it for spe.
Stani
--- Ionutz Borcoman <borco at go.ro> wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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