Re: [Fxruby-users] How to size a minimized MDIChild?

[Hal F. <ha...@hy...>]

Jeroen,


jeroen wrote:

(snip)

Thanks much for the info.

>>Is there some way to put little independent windows into a bigger
>>window without using this mdi stuff?
> 
> You're not required to use FXMDIClient and FXMDIChild at all.

OK, that's great. May I get some hints as to how to accomplish
this?

I want the smaller windows to stay within the larger one, placed
more or less randomly, and overlapping. (I'm not worried about the
"random" part -- I can come up with some algorithm for that.)

For some very crude artwork of this:
   http://rubyhacker.com/projects/tycho


Thanks,
Hal Fulton