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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Docking Property Editors
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> On Jul 25, 2015, at 11:35 AM, Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk AT familieknaak DOT de> wrote:
> 
> Anyway, I installed anjuta to get a feel for how libgdl works. It does  
> does a decent job. I was indeed reminded of the docks in inkscape. 
> From a user perspective, the inkscape dock are not that great though. 
> I remember fighting the UI more than once. It just would not allow me 
> to move the parts to where I wanted. In the end I just gave in and let 
> the docks stay wherever they happened be by default.
> 
> There may be a lesson to be learned: Perhaps the ability to rescale 
> and reposition individual docks on the fly does not contribute that 
> much to usability. A well chosen default to an offline configurable 
> window layout can do the job just fine. (The "job" in this case is to 
> get rid of all the overlapping pop-ups) A semi fixed layout would not 
> depend on a library or a heroic programming effort with all its 
> strings and side effects. 

The libgdl available through my distribution's (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS) package
manager requires GTK+ 3 version 3.0.0 minumum.