Moving QExtMDI to kdelibs

Christoph Cullmann cullmann at babylon2k.de
Tue May 13 15:13:59 BST 2003


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> That's pretty unfair! konqueror and konsole only give you the option to
> have more docs in it. quanta and kdevelop is real MDI which even MS have
> been wise enough to move away from.
>
> I simply don't use the MDI features in konsole and konqueror, and MDI is
> among the bigger reasons why I won't use kate, quanta and kdevelop.
>
> Windows inside other windows are a relic from the time of broken
> windowmanagers. That some apps give possibilities like tabs or a emacs
> buffers or whatever is *not* the same thing.
>
> And just because some apps specifically bypass the UI styles doesn't mean
> the styles should be changed. IMHO the apps should be fixed instead.
>
> In short: Please *don't* add QExtMDI to kdelibs.
Perhaps you have never looked at kate or quanta, but I see there no windows in 
windows, only tabs, splitters or some dockwidgets, but perhaps I might be 
wrong.

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Christoph Cullmann
KDE Developer, kde.org Maintainance Team
http://www.babylon2k.de, cullmann at kde.org
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