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PChris:
I don't think, that wxFNB is a perfect solution, I have had many annoyances with wxFNB, so I think wxIFM can only be better. But that's only my opinion, of course I do not request a change. ;)
with regards, Christopher

mandrav:

--- Quote from: PChris on May 08, 2006, 03:40:19 pm ---I have had many annoyances with wxFNB, so I think wxIFM can only be better

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Comparing oranges to apples here?
wxFNB is an improved notebook control and wxIFM is a docking library. They share nothing in common...

takeshimiya:
AFAIK the functionality wanted is on the roadmap of wxAUI.

I asked once the author and replied that it'll be high likely he will implement it after wxAUI 1.0 (just like wxIFM handles it).

So, TheWiz, you can either wait, or help the author to implement it.

TheWiz:
So I get the impression that with some docking lib, it would be possible to "tear off" multiple source windows and "float" them as overlapping windows. That could work, I guess. I have no problem with docking windows as long as I can turn them into regular windows  :). Hopefully, the "stickyness" of the windows can then also be turned off so they won't cling to the desktop's edges, trying to turn themselves back into docked "tiles". I guess I'll take a look at this wxAUI. Thanks for all your replies!

TheWiz:

--- Quote from: MortenMacFly on May 08, 2006, 11:04:45 am ---You can eighter run a second instance of C::B or (as I do) configure a tool for source code inspection. For this I use SciTE. Anyway: Please note that there is a lot of functionality inside C::B that IMHO helps navigating in source code a lot better than a second window. I think of bookmarks, the symbol browser, easily switching between source/header etc...

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Well, running a second instance would only give me *one* more window, and in a fairly clumsy way at that. I regularly open numerous windows to refer to other source files. Sometimes even multiple views of the same file, in order to see one part of the file while editing another. Using some other tool would not provide the nice C::T functionality you talk about. Besides, *not* having to use several other tools/editors is one of the primary reasons of using an IDE in the first place as far as I am concerned.

Perhaps if the docking library supported tabbed windows, allowing them to be "torn off", and allowing the docking behavior to be controlled (in my case, turning it off), we could have both. But that seem to be quite far away from what I understand. Perhaps something for the wish-list...

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