Conceptual question about opening multiple windows ofthesamekind

[Doug Lerner]

On 1/9/04 2:34 AM, "Ken Ray" <kray at sonsothunder.com> wrote:

>>> If it is multiple "documents" of the same type, I'd use
>> cloning. You
>>> don't even have to delete them; clones reside in memory only unless
>>> you save them to disk, so as soon as you close a clone it's gone.
>> 
>> What do you mean by multiple documents? Is a window/stack in
>> this case considered a "document"?
> 
> Yes, I guess. What I meant was a stack that is fundamentally the same
> structure but with different content (think Microsoft Word or a painting
> program that lets you open multiple canvasses). In this case, I'd open
> the "original" invisibly, clone it, and close the original. Then the
> user can work in the cloned window and it will dispose of itself
> automatically when closed.

OK. That it one of the ideas I was thinking of too. Then the original one
would act like a "template" of sorts for all the temporary windows that were
open.

I'll give that method a go.

Thanks,

doug