Fwd: kdebase/kate/app

[Dominik Haumann]

On Thursday 21 April 2005 15:54, Matt Rogers wrote:
> On Thursday 21 April 2005 07:51 am, Christoph Cullmann wrote:
> > On Thursday 21 April 2005 05:51, Matt Rogers wrote:
> > > to backup jens here, overlap is not extra. some of the docks in
> > > kdevelop are practically useless w/o. ever tried opening multiple
> > > files from the file tree when overlap is off vs. when it is on? IMHO,
> > > that's a common use case and the ability to overlap addresses that
> > > use case.
> >
> > you know that "overlap" is the mode where the toolview disappears after
> > the action is done and editor gets focus? which is useless for all
> > actions beside perhaps switching active file per filelist or whatever,
> > and non-overlap is the mode usable for the stuff you mention, which is
> > the easy one available in all kmdi replacement hacks
>
> hmm, right, the way that i was thinking of was non-overlap. yes, overlap
> is useless in most cases, although i think if it could be disabled on a
> per tab basis, it would be useful again, and a nice little animation
> might be nice, and i could go on and on, but overlap is just extra stuff,
> i agree.

I remember some people asking for "how to make a sidebar non-overlapping". 
They just didn't get that you can toggle this with the small square. I 
really think there are *a lot* people who do not even know of the 
non-overlap mode. Just something to mention imo, it is usability-wise bad 
done.
I also agree that overlap is extra, and should be ignore right now ;)

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