Re: "Close" on last window causes "exit"

Tim Ansell (ansell@chariot.net.au)
Sat, 08 May 1999 11:04:48 +0930


Well i'm what you would call a vinilla tester, i use windows and linux about
equal. But still find the windows interface so much easier to use.
One thing about ABIword that annoyed me is the way the the close acts as an
exit, i believe as most people will be coming from windows, (in a school of
1000 i know 3 mac users and about 300 IBM/Windows users) it would be correct to
have it so that it either starts a new document or leaves use with a blank
slate. Would it really be that hard to have an option in a config file or
option menu to change this to peoples liking? This would make unix, windows and
mac users happy.

Tim

Steve Ratcliffe wrote:

> Larry Kollar writes:
> > Handling multiple documents is yet another fun interface design issue.
> > Once again, each of the three does it differently:
>
> The GNOME MDI interface is interesting to look at as it all allows you
> to write the code once and then select (and even switch at runtime) to
> any of the behaviours you have listed here.
>
> > AbiWord
> > Puts up a big window for each instance (ala Windoze). This
> > requires a LOT of screen real-estate -- especially with the
> > current "display the entire paper width" behavior. KDE, with
> > its multiple desktops, is your friend here. Can you at least
> > give the option, in future releases, to not display the
> > margins? (Wraparound/editable tool bars, I assume, are planned.)
> >
> > LyX
> > Puts up one window for everything. One document on top, and
> > no quick way to tell what's underneath. (Document menu.)
> >
> > SIAG/pw
> > Like LyX, but has a strip of tabs at the bottom of the window.
> > You can click on a tab to bring that document to the front.
> > This took a few minutes to get used to, but then I LIKED it.
> > (No, I don't suggest you do this.)
>
> ..Steve



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