question: what exactly is IDEAL or IDEAl mode?

Sun Nov 30 20:24:15 GMT 2003

On Sunday 30 November 2003 17:33, Guillaume Laurent wrote:
> On Sunday 30 November 2003 15:02, Wilbert Berendsen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm currently translating kdelibs into Dutch, and would like to know
> > what is the filosophy behind IDEAL-mode (like in Kate). Of course I can
> > muck around in the GUI and understand how it looks, but to translate the
> > MDI-menu and modes effectively I would like to know some more background
> > info.
>
> Doesn't it come from Intellij Idea ?
>
> http://www.intellij.com/idea/

Yes. It is a subwindow layout mode like the one used in IntelliJ. It is quite 
like vertical tabs. The special feature is that you can have the windows 
activated by the tabs overlap the actual main windows. This is very handy if 
you have not too much screen space. It is used in kate and in kdevelop.

The name was inspired by the name of the IntelliJ IDE, which is called "IDEA" 
and by the fact that I thought it is the perfect windowing mode for IDEs :)

Bye,
Matthias.