From kde-core-devel  Tue May 13 12:48:49 2003
From: Neil Stevens <neil () qualityassistant ! com>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 12:48:49 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Moving QExtMDI to kdelibs
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On Tuesday May 13, 2003 05:41, Andras Mantia wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   Some time ago there was a discussion [1] about a common library which
> handles MDI stuff. It was mentioned that there is QExtMDI developed
> inside Gideon, and this is quite powerful and stable at this moment. We
> would like to use it (in mid term, but possibly before 3.2 comes out)
> also in Quanta, and I believe it would be useful also for other
> applications. By having different modes to handle MDI widgets, it would
> make MDI applications more user friendly also for those not liking the
> tabbed MDI.
>  Having our own fork in Quanta is a bad idea, so I request the moving of
> this library into kdelibs.

Before doing it please let's decide when MDI is allowed or forbidden, and 
how it is to be used when it is allowed.

If MDI goes into kdelibs without any guidelines, you can say goodbye to KDE 
UI consistency.

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Neil Stevens - neil@qualityassistant.com
"The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the
sheep thanks the shepherd as a liberator, while the wolf denounces him
for the same act as the destroyer of liberty." -- Abraham Lincoln
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