Christopher J. Demers escribió:
> "Esteban A. Maringolo" <
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>>Just wondering... why DolphinXP doesn't have support for MDI Windows? I
>>know they are tricky, but... "so tricky?"
>>Seeing the IdeaSpace demo, one sees (I see) the importance of having
>>"related" windows under a common container, not only in the development
>>windows, also in the end application ones.
Yep, but they have to be "maximized" (expanded) to fit into the
container.
> The IdeaSpace uses a tab view so I imagine that you could use the same kind
> of thing in a an application.
Yes, I can do that, MDI is similar, but not the same. MDI's childs
can get overlapped, and gives the user a "feel" of a common
container, a "sub desktop". The problem of finding the windows can
be implemented with toolbar buttons, or even tabs.
> OA will have to comment on the specifics, but in general I think Microsoft
> at some point in the past decided that MDI was a bad thing. Some of the
> Office programs even switched from MDI to SDI.
Yes... it is visible.
> I am not at all sure what
> the current thinking on the subject is. There is an interesting site with
> some commentary on the MDI vs SDI debate here
>
http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoftware/default.asp?cmd=show&ixPost=2748
> . It is a bit old, but interesting never the less.
Thanks for the link.
> This Google search will show some prior discussions of the subject regarding
> Dolphin:
>
http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=dolphin+mdi+group:comp.lang.smalltalk.dolphin> You may also find this interesting:
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> ts := Shell show.
> ts view layoutManager: (GridLayout new columns: 2; rows: 2; yourself).
> 4 timesRepeat: [ts view addSubView: ShellView new].
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Yes... I know this trick, but I'm looking for "true"(*) MDI.
(*)Which was my original motivation in this post, perhaps the trick
above Is the smalltalk way of implementing MDI's ;-)
Best regards
--
Esteban.
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