Sameer, The single-window feature (called integrated ui) is optional in svn. I don't know what will happen in the future but until now you still have the choice =)
Cheers, On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 8:05 PM, Sameer Sahasrabuddhe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for changing the subject line ... that was rather careless of me! > > On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Maciej Jaros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> It is convenient until you have 3 other windows and 3 diagrams opened and >> switch between them and wan to select shapes in the mean time... Plus there >> are standard shortcuts for switching inner windows - CTRL+TAB / >> CTRL+SHIFT+TAB. > > Only 3? I have anywhere between 10 to 20 windows open when I am > working on the diagrams I need --- including other applications. I > firmly believe that managing windows is the job of a window manager. I > use Compiz, and the Scale plugin takes care of just about any issues > with switching windows. And the "always on top" sticky bit on the > shapes palette is quite useful too. > > Anyway, I think I am on the verge of starting a completely unnecessary > flamewar here. My only point is that neither is a good solution --- > single windows or multiple windows --- that fits all uses. Some people > are inconvenienced by the current multiple windows, and I am not one > of them. When (If?) Dia shifts to a single-window interface, I will be > one of those inconvenienced by THAT. It would be great if I had a > choice. An even better idea would be to just stick with what we have, > and see what happens to Gimp. > > And yes, before anyone says it, "because that's how (other popular) > applications work (on windows)" is not a good enough reason. > > Sameer. > -- > Research Scholar, Department of CSE, IIT Bombay > http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~sameerds/ > _______________________________________________ > Dia-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq > Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia > > -- Fred Morcos http://fredmorcos.blogspot.com/ http://fredmorcos.googlecode.com/ _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
