Re: Open as palette

2004-05-19 Thread Robert Brenstein
So the question for the crew here is: Is it better to have the IDE honor the stack's style or override it and open the stack in a specific mode. IMHO: Open from menu in IDE as well as open/go from script should respect the saved stack style. Other opening commands (toplevel, palette,...) shou

Re: Open as palette

2004-05-19 Thread Wouter
Open as palette Alejandro Tejada capellan2000 at yahoo.com Tue May 18 17:14:17 EDT 2004 on Tue, 18 May 2004 Richard Gaskin wrote: > So the question for the crew here is: Is it better > to have the IDE > honor the stack's style or override it and open the > stack in a specific &g

Re: Open as palette

2004-05-18 Thread Alejandro Tejada
on Tue, 18 May 2004 Richard Gaskin wrote: > So the question for the crew here is: Is it better > to have the IDE > honor the stack's style or override it and open the > stack in a specific > mode. I'll prefer that the IDE ask the Developer: --- T

Re: Open as palette

2004-05-18 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, "Wouter" wrote: > What is the problem? > Open stack from file menu always was toplevel. (see scripts) > Open stack from script without mode opens the stack in the style it was > set or not (default) > Why would it be a bug? It is the way it is written. I wish I had known this several y

Re: Open as palette

2004-05-18 Thread Wouter
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Re: Open as palette

2004-05-18 Thread Ray G. Miller
Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 10:15:52 -0400 From: Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Open as palette To: Discussions on Metacard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Scott Rossi wrote:

Re: Open as palette

2004-05-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 5/18/04 10:20 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: So the question for the crew here is: Is it better to have the IDE honor the stack's style or override it and open the stack in a specific mode. I'd say, if possible, honor the stack style. We want to do what the user has set up. -- Jacqueline Landman

Re: Open as palette

2004-05-18 Thread FlexibleLearning
Scott wrote: > ...I think saving/honoring the stack's style is a good thing. I concur. If I set the style of a stack, this is me the user specifying a property. I would not expect the IDE to over-ride me. /H ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Open as palette

2004-05-18 Thread Scott Rossi
Question: is this something new that's been added to the latest engine, or is a part of the Rev IDE? Because I notice that stack styles are apparently not persistent with MC 2.5. I can save a stack whose style is palette, close it, and reopen it, and it displays as t

Re: Open as palette

2004-05-18 Thread Richard Gaskin
Robert Brenstein wrote: Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, "Richard Gaskin" wrote: The style property of a stack is a persistent property, so if it's opened with the generic "open" command it should be fine. Question: is this something new that's been added to the latest engine, or is a part of the Re

Re: Open as palette

2004-05-18 Thread Robert Brenstein
Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, "Richard Gaskin" wrote: The style property of a stack is a persistent property, so if it's opened with the generic "open" command it should be fine. Question: is this something new that's been added to the latest engine, or is a part of the Rev IDE? Because I notice th

Re: Open as palette

2004-05-18 Thread Richard Gaskin
Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, "Richard Gaskin" wrote: The style property of a stack is a persistent property, so if it's opened with the generic "open" command it should be fine. Question: is this something new that's been added to the latest engine, or is a part of the Rev IDE? Because I notice th