/** Opens a new window with a drawing view. */
  protected void open(DrawingView newDrawingView) {
    getVersionControlStrategy().assertCompatibleVersion();
    setUndoManager(new UndoManager());
    fIconkit = new Iconkit(this);
    getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());

    // status line must be created before a tool is set
    fStatusLine = createStatusLine();
    getContentPane().add(fStatusLine, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

    // create dummy tool until the default tool is activated during toolDone()
    setTool(new NullTool(this), "");
    setView(newDrawingView);
    JComponent contents = createContents(view());
    contents.setAlignmentX(LEFT_ALIGNMENT);

    JToolBar tools = createToolPalette();
    createTools(tools);

    JPanel activePanel = new JPanel();
    activePanel.setAlignmentX(LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
    activePanel.setAlignmentY(TOP_ALIGNMENT);
    activePanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
    activePanel.add(tools, BorderLayout.NORTH);
    activePanel.add(contents, BorderLayout.CENTER);

    getContentPane().add(activePanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);

    JMenuBar mb = new JMenuBar();
    createMenus(mb);
    setJMenuBar(mb);

    Dimension d = defaultSize();
    if (d.width > mb.getPreferredSize().width) {
      setSize(d.width, d.height);
    } else {
      setSize(mb.getPreferredSize().width, d.height);
    }
    addListeners();
    setVisible(true);
    fStorageFormatManager = createStorageFormatManager();

    toolDone();
  }