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[gtk-list] Re: Message Box?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael K. Johnson)
Mon Jun 23 14:58:29 1997
To: gtk-list@redhat.com
From: "Michael K. Johnson" <johnsonm@redhat.com>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 23 Jun 1997 14:21:32 EDT."
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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 14:52:37 -0400
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owt1@cornell.edu writes:
>The basic support for modality is there ... look for functions with
>"grab" in their names. I think I've even tried using it. So the reason
>that the GIMP doesn't use any modality may be more a matter of taste.
If you've made it work, please tell me how. I used functions with
"grab" in their names, unsuccessfully. I tried several different
things, and none of them worked.
>(Though applications probably _should_ make simple queries modal -
>it's confusing and possibly dangerous to have confirmation dialogs
>hanging around if the user misses them)
Exactly.
michaelkjohnson
"Magazines all too frequently lead to books and should be regarded by the
prudent as the heavy petting of literature." -- Fran Lebowitz
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