Re: Multiple documents

[Michael L Torrie <torriem chem byu edu>]

On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 12:22, Chris Garrett wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is there a standard / recommended way to write an application that can open 
> more than one document at a time, and that allows more than one view of each 
> document (ala GIMP)?

Sure.  There are 2 methods.  You can create a new toplevel window for
each document (and maybe a main window with toolbars and stuff).  This
is how the gimp does it.  The other mdi method is to use a tabbed-view
widget.

Michael


> If so, is there a nice, small, simple example I can look at to get started?  
> The source code to the GIMP is too large for my tired brain at the moment 
> :o(
>
> BTW, I am using GTK2.2
>
> Best regards,
>
> Chris.
>
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