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#100 Library as default view
Any way to have my library be what comes up when I open Mcomix?
I'd prefer that to a black page or my last-read comic.
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You can use the command line switch "-l" to show the library at startup.
That works, but it still opens either a blank page or my last-read comic, depending on preferences.
Any way to just have the library open?
No, the main window will always be shown. But what is the issue exactly? You mentioned that MComix is configured to open your last read book, so maybe the is problem is the "start reading from last page" dialog stealing focus away from the library window?
It's just that I use a tiling window manager, so having two windows plus dialog windows opening more or less at the same time can make things a little screwy, especially if they're not the only things I have open on that workspace.
Plus, I just like the idea of opening my library first, then choosing a comic from it.
It's okay if this can't become a feature, but is there a part of the source I can edit to achieve the desired behavior?
OK. I think it would make sense to hide the main window, and not load the last read book when using the '-l' command line switch.
@Ark: what do you think?
It indeed sounds reasonable but we should postpone it for now. The reason is that virtually everything in MComix is somehow connected the main window and, therefore, might secretly assume that the main window is initialized and visible and whatnot. That is, changing this might introduce a whole series of new bugs, inconsistencies or other issues. And new bugs is the last thing we need to deal with right now.
So, it really makes sence to think that over, but not now. Maybe in a later release.
POC here.