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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 294681] Support for multiple main windows / one window per screen
From:       Eike Hein <hein () kde ! org>
Date:       2012-02-24 3:19:45
Message-ID: E1S0lhB-0000Zc-QB () bugs ! kde ! org
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--- Comment #1 from Eike Hein <hein kde org>  2012-02-24 03:19:45 ---
> It should be quite straightforward to implement and it'd make for a nice addition.

It's actually a ton of work to make a production-quality implementation,
requiring modifications and additions in the configuration UI, settings
load/store code, settings handling (e.g. the behaviour of the open-on-screen
prefs), the D-Bus interface, keyboard shortcuts (routing, etc.), focus
handling, window management (add/remove vs. app quit), etc. A rough estimate
would be modifying 50% of the existing code and adding another 30-40%. It might
also break scripts based on the existing D-Bus API or would at the very least
introduce some compatibility cruft around the method calls operating on the
window.

It's a long way from a quick "hey, it spawns two windows now" hack to something
that supports the entire existing feature set correctly, adds all the new
features needed to manage the new behavior and doesn't make the UI a complex
mess in the process.

Especially the latter is a considerable risk. And I'm not convinced it's worth
it.

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