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Old 08-24-2007, 01:35 PM   #7
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Interesting that the old "main window as a dialog box" also works on Linux. It's a standard "trick" that we use in Windows programming, too, that gives you a lot of functionality "for free".
It's especially handy when our window manager (matchbox), removes window decorations in order to give it more of a "tablet" feel.

What do you gain by doing that in Windows?
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