KTextEditor Plugins: Multiple Main Windows

[Christoph Cullmann]

> On Monday 23 December 2013 12:40:37 Dominik Haumann wrote:
> > On Sunday 22 December 2013 17:49:22 Christoph Cullmann wrote:
> > > > At least the multi-screen thing is what comes up from time to time for
> > > > kdevelop, as a feature request.
> > > 
> > > Yeah,
> > > 
> > > thats the question, how it is used and how often.
> > 
> > The solution to multiple main windows imo is pretty simple.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > Instead, the solution is as simple as to provide a "Detach" action.
> > This way, one is able to move a View to another screen (or in KDevelop e.g.
> > a documentation view). Detach will just create a small window and put the
> > Views XmlGui inside it or similar - this is application dependent or
> > course.
> 
> This is btw exactly what QtCreator does as far as I was shown. And yes, I do
> want to implement that for KDevelop as well - it sounds simple and fulfills
> the "multiscreen" usecase nicely imo.
> 
> Having multiple toolviews of plugins in more than one mainwindow is not
> really
> required.
Yep, think so, too.

Based on the comments about that on kate-editor.org post, I guess most people could live with that.

Given it makes the plugin API much easier and less error-prone, I think it a good step ;)

Greetings
Christoph

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