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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

2014-04-07 17:11 GMT+02:00 Kaspar Emanuel <kaspar.emanuel@xxxxxxxxx>:
> On 7 April 2014 14:47, Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Extending that thought, how about some discussion on several of the possible visual states:
>>>
>>>
>>> 1) in-tray
>>> 2) in panel
>>> 3) non-maximized, not in tray, aka small toolbar with launching abilities.
>>> 4) maximized.
>>>
>
> Personally I want the manager to stay out of the way. If there was a
> way to not see the manager at all and I could just start the programs
> individually, but they get linked if they are on the same project,
> that would be ideal. I can do file management with my
> file-manager/terminal and never had a need for that bit.
>
> A tray icon is a compromise as I realize I have an unusual setup. That
> way I can minimize it and forget about it. I don't know what you mean
> by "panel" in number 2. I probably don't have one.

That has always been possible as far as remmber, and I hope and think
that it should still be possible to just open i.e. pcbnew just to view
a pcb. As I understand it it is just a project manager, but it is
still decoupled from the other parts, and this KIWAY stuff is supposed
to make it possible to have more boards, schematics or projects open
at at time. Please correct me if I am wrong.