Subject: Re: Closing a Document
From: James Silverton (jim.silverton@erols.com)
Date: Sun Jul 23 2000 - 13:31:50 CDT
Tim LaDuca wrote:
>
> Marshall Lake wrote:
>
> > I'm using version 0.7.10 of AbiWord. How do I close a document without
> > being exited from AbiWord ? Both the CLOSE and EXIT selections on the
> > FILE drop-down menu quit AbiWord.
> >
> > Marshall Lake - mlake@melake.erols.com - http://melake.erols.com
> > http://melake.erols.com/the-beach http://melake.erols.com/genealogy
>
> This is unfortunately the desired behavior. It's called the "Single Document
> Interface(SDI)". It seems to be all the rage these days. The way it works is,
> each
> document gets its own AbiWord window. The only advantage that I can see
> is that you get multiple taskbar buttons at the bottom of the screen, which
> in
> my opinion is really just clutter. And if you want to see two documents side-
>
> by-side you get two sets of toolbars and menus. More clutter. Then to top
> it all off, when you close your last document, the abiWord window dis-
> appears. It may very well be that these things are all undesireable to me
> because I'm used to the "old" way of doing things, the "Multiple Document
> Interface(MDI)". WordPerfect does it very well. Also check out GEdit and
> gnotepad+ under GNOME for other examples of the MDI.
>
> Possibly the real problem is that both interfaces are common. Browsers and
> E-mail programs often use MDI. MS just switched to MDI for the Office apps.
> But I am not convinced it's a good thing.
May I add my vote to the group that would rather not have SDI. Possibly,
when Abiword matures, it might be worth considering a set of preferences
under the control of a user.
Jim.
-- James V. Silverton Potomac, Maryland.
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