On 10/6/05 3:23 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jeanne,
It got 5 of my votes as well.
But I think there is more confusion here.
Paul, I think the open/close and load/purge ideas are great, with a few
minor changes (plus I've included other terms in use to get an overview of
the situation):
load stack <stackDescriptor>
Loads stack into memory, does not display it, does not get listed in the
'openstacks'. [Resulting status: loaded]
unload stack <stackDescriptor>
Removes stack from memory (Note: does not work on 'open' stacks.)
[Resulting status: closed]
open stack <stackDescriptor>
Loads stack into memory, makes it visible, locks stack from other users,
adds entry to 'openStacks'. [Resulting status: open]
open inv[isible] stack <stackDescriptor>
Loads stack into memory, keeps it hidden, locks stack from other users,
adds entry to 'openStacks'. [Resulting status: open]
close stack <stackDescriptor>
Releases lock on stack, removes the stack image from the screen, unloads
the stack from memory, removes the entry from the 'openStacks'. [Resulting
status: closed]
close stack <stackDescriptor> and remain resident
Releases lock on stack, removes the stack image from the screen, removes
the entry from the 'openStacks', but keeps the stack in memory. [Resulting
status: loaded]
hide stack <stackDescriptor>
Hides the stack image from the screen. (Note: does not work on closed
stacks.) [Resulting status: open]
show stack <stackDescriptor>
Shows the stack image. (Note: does not work on closed stacks.)
[Resulting status: open]
That's my 2 cents...
Not really wanting to prolong this but...
What happens when user clicks the close box of a stack window? Is the
stack closing or hiding?
How is this going to work with a substack that is shown repeatedly as
a modal dialog or a palette upon some user action, so it should stay
in memory? Many of my dialog stacks (particularly modeless) use
openstack to initialize things and closestack to wrap things up.
What happens if the stack was loaded but then needs to be shown to
user? Does it have to be first unloaded before opening?
Robert
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