[bt-devel] New Window Arrangement Mode

[Eeli Kaikkonen]

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009, Gary Holmlund wrote:
> > We have had some discussion with Jaak about our windowing system. We
> > both agreed that a tabbed interface would be good, but so that several
> > windows could be opened inside a tab. And the windows should be
> > separated by splitters - now the windows can't be easily resized, the
> > manual mode is clumsy. But this would need a complete redesign and
> > rewrite.
> >
> This sounds interesting. It seems that adding splitters inside windows
> is independent of adding the tabbed view. Shall I go ahead?

I think we should think about it carefully beforehand. I'll write a wiki
page describing my proposition for The Best Window Layout System Ever.
We then can see what part of it can be implemented, if any.

It would actually be so important change that it would earn a new major
version number.

  Yours,
	Eeli Kaikkonen (Mr.), Oulu, Finland
	e-mail: eekaikko at mailx.studentx.oulux.fix (with no x)