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raindog

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MDI Gambas IDE
« on: January 29, 2005, 04:21:41 PM »
I released an MDI version of the Gambas IDE today.  (MDI meaning one big window, like VB5 and VB6.)  Anyone who'd like to check it out should visit http://www.kudla.org/index.php?wl_mode=more&wl_eid=71 and have a look at "fakebas", as I call it.  Here's a shrunken-down screenshot:

I hope to hear bug reports and feature requests on the gambas-user list :)  Or here, as long as the "notify me via email of responses" feature of the board works.

I also released an experimental VB form converter written in Gambas, but you need Gambas 1.9.2 plus the latest version of my pcre component, so I'm going to suggest that those who are interested in that should read my posts in the gambas-user archive or wait for the next Gambas release.

Rob
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MDI Gambas IDE
« on: January 29, 2005, 04:21:41 PM »

zjimward

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Re: MDI Gambas IDE
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2005, 10:26:48 AM »

Very cool, will this become part of a future Gambas release?
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Re: MDI Gambas IDE
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2005, 10:31:50 AM »
I seriously doubt it'd ever be part of an official release because the main Gambas developers really consider MDI to be a curse upon the world (like so many other Linux developers do.)  But I hope to be able to keep fakebas (or whatever its name eventually changes to) up to date.  Gambas 1.0.3 came out this morning so I'll be coming out with a new fakebas tonight, I hope.
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zjimward

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Re: MDI Gambas IDE
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2005, 08:43:17 PM »
Other than what I've read about the QT bugs, is there reasons they feel that MDI is a curse? I'm going to try a look a running fakebas when you get the 1.0.3 version ready. Thanks for your response, sorry I didn't reply back sooner. I've been working on some Gambas libraries and trying to monitor the  Gambas mailing list. I'd probably really be going nuts if I were working full-time and trying to do this as well.
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Re: MDI Gambas IDE
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2005, 11:07:28 PM »
Well, Benoit has since asked me if I can merge the MDI and normal versions of the IDE, so I guess the argument is kinda moot by now.  That may take me a while though. 

As for why Unix/Linux people in general dislike MDI.... I've never understood it, but I think it has something to do with virtual desktops (which I loathe.)  Go on Slashdot and read the comments in any article with "Gimp" in the title, and you'll see a ton of impassioned arguments for MDI or against it.

The 1.0.3 version of fakebas (0.0.9) is up on my homepage (www.kudla.org) along with Gambas 1.0.3 packages.
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zjimward

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Re: MDI Gambas IDE
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2005, 10:14:06 AM »

Thanks, I'm definitely going to check out fakebas today. I'm like you, I'm not a fan of virtual desktops. In fact I turn all of them off and get rid of the pager, but to each his/her own. Every one works differently.
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staudi

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Re: MDI Gambas IDE
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2005, 07:21:46 PM »
Hi raindog

I checked it out, and it is nice, i like fakebas, more then sdi.
One point i see is, that the width and heigth from forms have wrong values, anyhow when maximized.
I have installed a newer version (1.9.12) and fakebas did not work anymore.

staudi
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