Michael Barton wrote: > > I think that this is a crucial point. > > There should definately a option to run all Grass sub-windows all in one > > master windows. > > An MDI hearkens back to Windows 95 and gets to be a real problem if you want > to have multiple displays open.
I wouldn't suggest using MDI. Being able to [un]dock windows via wxAUI is the way to go, IMHO. IOW, whether a panel is its own window or part of another window should be the user's decision. Forcing one or the other will be the wrong solution for some proportion of users. > > Maybe others like their screen cluttered but especially newbie for whom > > the new GUI is a *real* improvement will get confused. > > Don't forget that besides Grass users may also use a folder browser, > > terminal and mail application at the same time. And now that Grass is > > being ported to Windows don't forget that Windows doesn't have virtual > > workspaces like Gnome, KDE, etc.! > > The basic GRASS application design is a minimum of one display and one layer > manager window. Every new instance (new display) adds only one more window > because the single layer manager works for all displays > > Each display needs layer management, which takes up a fixed amount of > horizontal space (due to the width of layer names, on/off checkbox, > icon/button to ID layer type and launch properties dialog). If you > permanently attach a layer management window to each display, every display > window must be that much larger (or the display area of the window that much > smaller). You also waste additional vertical space in the layer manager area > when the display is considerably higher than the layer manager needs to be. > This is often the case unless you have a LOT of layers contributing to a > single display. If the user has a sufficiently large screen, this isn't a problem. Again, this should be the user's choice. -- Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ grassuser mailing list [email protected] http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grassuser
