From: Laurent Sansonetti <lrz@...>
Date: 2004-04-21T04:40:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Fox --> GTK  ?

On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 18:11, Hal Fulton wrote:
> Laurent Sansonetti wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 23:28, Hal Fulton wrote:
> > 
> >>Who has experience converting Fox to GTK and might like to
> >>offer a little assistance?
> >>
> >>Specific areas are MDI and tree lists.
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > For MDI you can use a Gtk::Notebook widget and use a tab for each opened
> > document (gedit, epiphany... do that).
> 
> I was discussing this with someone last night. A notebook is
> inappropriate because the underlying metaphor is a bunch of small notes
> on a bulletin board.
> 
> These aren't open docs as such. They are tiny notes, perhaps up to 20
> or so visible at a time.
> 
> I'm thinking of just having real windows for them, but I hate losing the
> "containment" of the notes.

What about a controlled single document interface (CSDI)?

http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/1.0/windows.html#csdi

--
Laurent