On Jun 3, 2009, at 4:06 PM, Glimmer Labs wrote:

Do you ever use multiple Inkscape windows simultaneously (or know

people that do?)  If so, how, and under what circumstances?


I am working on an Inkscape scripting API through GSoC and am trying

to decide how to abstract the desktop concept.  I would like to do

this for two reasons.  One, if it is not at least partially hidden

virtually every method would need a desktop argument, incresing

complexity without much tradoff in terms of flexibility.  Two, the

concept is not one that I think script writers should need to worry

about and the terminoligy only makes it more confusing for the

uninitiated.


I often use multiple desktops.

One scenario is to have a window open with a wireframe view, and another with a full-quality view. Often that latter is a small one, and I'll poke and manipulate things in the wireframe view.

Another is to have windows open at different zoom levels and regions.

Once 0.47 is out, the icon preview will either be changed to be a desktop or to hold multiple desktops.