[Merkaartor] Open/New/Import

[Daniel van Gerpen]

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:50:14 +0100
Colin Marquardt <colin at marquardt-home.de> wrote:

> "Chris Browet" <cbro at semperpax.com> writes:

[..]
> > Actually, many applications do not close the already opened document
> > because they are so-called MDI, i.e. you can open simultaneously several
> > documents in the same application, which Merkaartor doesn't allow.
> >
> > Take GIMP as an example. "Opening" a picture resets the layers to default
> > for the new document, while "Importing" one creates a new layer in the
> > current document.
> > It is exactly how Merkaartor is behaving.
> 
> Ok, I'll just get used to it. The Gimp and my brain seem to have a
> strange incompatibility anyway, so that might be another reason.

IMHO a difference between other MDI apps and a map editor is that with other
apps, when you say "new" you get a complete new document. For map editor, a
"new" document will always be another *view* to the same map.

When I zoom out in the gimp or in abiword, I would never expect to see
content from other document.

Different views to the map with one instance of merkaartor running could be
interesting if you want to compare stuff. I.e. when you tag a new town, you
might want to compare against a finished/better tagged area.

Regards,
Daniel