[brailleblaster] Re: GUI and multiple documents

  • From: François Ouellette <braille@xxxxxxx>
  • To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:07:19 -0400

Hi, Import still does not force a new window to open, it just adds the
content of the imported file to the current daisy view. You need to do
a New then Import for now.

François.

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 1:18 AM, Vic Beckley <vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> François,
>
> Does Import work like New and Open do? Probably so, but you didn't
> specifically mention it.
>
>
> Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
>
> Vic
> E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of François Ouellette
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 12:25 AM
> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [brailleblaster] GUI and multiple documents
>
> Hi team, I made good progress in cleaning up the code and improving
> the New, Open, Close and Exit menu items handling. Now when you Close
> a document the window hides the daisy and braille views and disables
> the menu items that allows to close, save, emboss or print documents.
> Doing a New or Open will re-activate the daisy and braille views and
> menu items. If we have an active document doing New will open a brand
> new window with empty views, while doing an Open will also open a
> brand new window and prompt for the file to open. This is consistent
> with most other editing tools out there, like Word or OpenOffice
> Writer. There was lost of superimposed code left by previous
> programmers, I guess, so there was duplication of code and some code
> in some classes was cancelling other code in children or parent
> classes. There is hope! Bear with me. Changes will be pushed later
> this week.
>
> François.
>
>

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