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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: kghostview queries
From:       David Faure <faure () kde ! org>
Date:       1999-10-14 19:05:03
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On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 11:46:51AM -0700, Kurt Granroth wrote:
> Milind Changire wrote:
> > Hi guys!
> > My current assignment is to take care of kghostview at Corel Corp.
> > ....and our QA already has a ton of bugs posted on my name ! :)
> 
> ;-)
> 
> > 1. Is kghostview geared to support multiple files at one time ?
> > 2. What is the significance of the File/New menu item ?  and ...
> > 3. File/Close & File/Exit  ?
> >    I think File/Close option should be removed.
> 
> KGhostView uses a MDI style similar to Netscape.  It *does* support
> multiple files -- one per window.
> 
> Try this:
> 
> 1) Start up kghostview
> 2) File->Open a postscript file
> 3) File->New a new window
It should probably be "New Window", then.
Like in konqueror, for instance.

> 4) Click on the new window and File->Open a file
> 
> Now if you play around with them, you'll see that 'Exit' will always
> close ALL of the windows.  'Close' will close just the current
> window.. and if it is the *only* window, then it acts just like
> 'Exit'.
> 
> This issue, by the way, is probably the most controversial in the KDE
> HCI group so I'm not about to make a recommendation on how you should
> handle this :-)
> 
> Maybe Waldo Bastian has an opinion on this?
> -- 
> Kurt Granroth            | granroth@kde.org
> KDE Developer/Evangelist | http://www.pobox.com/~kurt_granroth
>         KDE -- Putting a Friendly Face on Linux
> 

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David FAURE
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http://home.clara.net/faure/
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