feature request for IDE

[Klaus Major]

Hi Richard a.k.a Pooh-Bah :-)

> On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 04:01:01 -0500 Chipp Walters wrote:
>
>> I'd vote YES for this as well.
>>
>> Klaus Major wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> i would like to vote for a nice (Windoze only) feature in the MC IDE:
>>>
>>> Is it possible to make the "MetaCard Menu Bar" stack behave like the
>>> "revMenubar"?
>>>
>>> I mean make it "iconify-able" (?) ;-)
>>> With the appropriate scripts in the stack?
>>>
>>> It is really annoying NOT to be able to hide ALL MC windows at once 
>>> on
>>> windoze,
>>> you have to iconify EVERY single window by itself...
>
> Agreed that it would be convenient, but it's worth noting that the
> current implementation pretty much conforms to the Win HIG.  It seems
> what we're really looking for is MDI, so I'll happily go along with 
> this
> enhancement on two conditions:
>
> 1. There's a detailed spec from Ken for an MDI implementation in 
> Bugzilla
> (I'd give you the URL but I'm away from my main computer and without my
> bookmarks I'm hosed -- I can find no direct link into Bugzilla at
> runrev.com anymore).  Please consider voting for it.  We Transcript 
> folks
> do a LOT of truly funky things to work around not having MDI. Let's see
> if we can migrate from kludges to real solutions.

MDI would be GREAT, indeed, i sure will vote for that!

> 2. Please work out the behavior as you like it and email me the handler
> so I can included it in an upcoming build.

OK, i will do :-)

Chipp, if you really feel an EXTREME INNER URGE to do it by yourself,
just drop a line, i won't mind :-D

> - rg/4w

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de