User Forum > A few requests from a new user

Hello,
I was actually planning to write myself an editor with such a minimalist look. Thank you very much for saving me from that burden.
I have a few requests though:
I want to ...
* Turn off the resize handle but still be able to resize the window. Possible solutions are going into resize mode when clicked on the right bottom (the place which shows a red blob when clicked now) or be able to toggle resize handle on the go with a keyboard shortcut.
* Have a non-blinking cursor
* Be able to set different opacity to text and page background (as in Textmate) I want to a very transparent page but a totally opaque text.
* Use desktop background as the backdrop, so that I get rid the junk on the desktop but still be able to see today's background.
* Get cascading new windows, now they open on top of each other. In other words, there should be a default size but not a default place.

Thank you very much again for the nice work.
pj

November 1, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterphysicistjedi

One more thing:
I understand that having a horizontal layout is one of the key design principles of Diamond. But can we have an option for the traditional, continuous, vertical layout as well?

Best,
pj

November 1, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterphysicistjedi

Hi, thanks for the kind words and suggestions. I'm working on some of these and some are harder than others; some I might have soon. As for using the desktop background, you can do that now, just navigate to the folder that has those images and select it.

I have seriously thought about a version of Diamond that has traditional vertical scrolling, but until a few more features are nailed down and bugs removed in the 3.x series I probably won't have one soon. Unfortunately I haven't found a way yet of having both styles in the same app as options.

November 3, 2008 | Registered CommenterGeoffrey