Qt Mainwindow skeleton done. [focus on menus]

[Amit Chaudhuri]

Hi,

here's a proposed outline of a remodelled set of menus. Top level entries
are marked with asterix. Menu items are prefixed '>'.

I don't think we need sub-menus, but for the view stuff (relating to the
main 3 GUI elements only) I think an additional context menu might be worth
it.  Qt menu stuff makes that very easy.

Square brackets around the main rationale for each section.

Various comments added inline.

* File * [All major app, config & file operations]

> New
> Open
> Save
> Save As
> Close
----------
> Import
> Export
----------
> Print
----------
> Preferences       // zoom toggle moves to here; so does filter events &
autogroup
----------
> Quit


* Dive Computer * [Dive computer operations or equivalent]

> Download
> Edit device names
> Renumber
----------
> Add dive


* Web * [All web operations]

> Web Download
> ..??                // what else might we do with the web service?


* Planner * [All planning stuff]

> New plan
> ..Copy plan         // if we need new plan features they live here
> ..Delete plan       // these two [copy, delete] sprung to mind as examples


* View * [Window & view management]

> Info               // maybe add Ctrl+F6 & shift Ctrl-F6 to cycle through
these 4?
> Profile            // Plus context menu..?
> List
> All
----------
> Statistics
----------
> Locations          // the map stuff (or maybe move to Web section?)
----------
> Next Computer      // what do these two do - maybe move to Dive Computer
> Previous Computer  // if these relate to dives grouped by DC?


* Help * [User help & info]

> About subsurface
> Help
> ..Report bugs      //


I wonder about an alternative scheme which has an explicit 'edit' top level
menu.  In that scheme one might group the preferences and any editing
functions here.  Edit / add dive / plan / locations / preferences....but
not sure that's necessary/desireable if the gui elements allow in place
editing nicely.

A
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