cleamon wrote:- As a side note, invoking a saved window set that had a Kontakt window in it, "minimizes" said Kontakt window.
Certainly not an expected behavior.
Anyone else experiencing any of this. Is this "normal"?
Is this a DP 8.06 issue? Or an OS/X 10.6.8 issue?
I can't address the minimization of open windows when invoking a window set. Is it JUST a Kontact issue? I don't use Kontakt much anymore, so I haven't seen it.
As per the problem of setting up your windows in Spaces every time you open a file, that IS normal. Unfortunately, we have not seen APIs from Apple yet which allow for saving files with their windows distributed through Spaces. My guess is that adding that information to a save might cause incompatibilities now or later, though it sure seems like they could find a way.
My method is simply to invoke Mission Control (F1 on my system), which reveals all open windows in all apps. (I hide other apps before I do this) Then you can drag windows to their relative spaces much like dealing cards at a table. When you do it this way, the windows remember their position within the space, so that when you drop them into that space, they automatically go to the right position. If you drag them the other way (start dragging window, then invoke the command that changes to the next space, then releasing the window) they will go where you drop them, not where they were set up to go.
I know DP would respond a little quicker if I closed all those windows, and in the rare case that I really need that extra power, I do that. Then I bring back all those windows with a window set, and once again distribute them to the spaces.
People ask "well, what's the difference between hitting a key to go to a space vs. hitting a key to open a window set?" My answer is that your work palette evolves as you work each day. You drag an EQ over to the mixer to watch it while you move the fader, or you pop another window out of the CW, or you open a group of plugins together (meters, perhaps) to watch them all as you play back. Any of thousands of combinations can occur. When you move to a space, they are all just as you left them, but your window set will only take you back to the starting position. Window sets don't evolve unless you save a new set. There are other reasons, too, but that one is probably the most convincing for some people.
Spaces may not be for everyone, but I had dozens of window sets, and since learning about Spaces some 7 or 8 years ago, I've only used one of those sets (starting conditions). There simply is no incentive to go back, and every incentive to continue with Spaces and Mission Control. Glad to hear it's working for you, too!
Shooshie
