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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: KDE Standards - Basic - Windows
From:       Torsten Rahn <rahn () astrophysik ! uni-kiel ! de>
Date:       1999-09-22 16:46:55
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Peter Penz wrote:
> 
> > > Shouldn't we wait with that, until MDI is really supported by X-Window?
> > > I never saw a real implementation of MDI on KDE and I think there will
> > > never be one, until X supports it (with "real" implementation I don't
> > > mean a imitation of a MDI like Gimp does).
> >
> > I think it helps if we have a standard ready which covers both cases. That way we can have
> > consistent behaviour between MDI / SDI applications. We don't have to implement anything,
> > just say how it should work. Shouldn't be too hard.
> I don't think it would be too hard to do that. But you said "The current
> style guide, although not clearly..." - I think it's complicated enough
> to explain in an easy way the behaviour of a SDI.
> 
> I think if we put also MDI in it, people will mix it up and be totally
> confused. If others disagree and want also guidelines for the MDI (which
> we DON'T have at the time): please make a html-page.
> 
> But still I see no sense to put something into guidelines which is not
> available...

Please, as long as it's not possible to decide wether *all* apps should
behave 
either SDI or MDI by configuration let's stick to *one* of these totally
different approaches. Everything else is anything but consistent.

Torsten

 
> Cheers,
> Peter
> 
> I

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