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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: 34715@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#34715: 26.1; (1) Add `clone-frame', (2) bind it to `C-x 5 2'
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2019 16:47:47 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <17bef02b-7dd4-4086-828f-59488a836ac1@default> (raw)

Enhancement request:

1. Add a `clone-frame' command such as this one, which is similar to
   what I've been using:

(defun clone-frame (&optional frame no-clone)
  "Make a new frame with the same parameters as FRAME.
With a prefix arg, don't clone - just call `make-frame-command'.

FRAME defaults to the selected frame.  The frame is created on the
same terminal as FRAME.  If the terminal is a text-only terminal then
also select the new frame."
  (interactive "i\nP")
  (if no-clone
      (make-frame-command)
    (let* ((default-frame-alist  (frame-parameters frame))
           (new-fr               (make-frame)))
      (unless (display-graphic-p) (select-frame new-fr))
      new-fr)))

2. Use it, not `make-frame-command', as the binding of `C-x 5 2'.

   Why change the default behavior of `C-x 5 2'?  If I want the buffer
   of the selected window shown in another frame then I typically want
   that frame to have the same parameters.

   It's true that I often have only one window in the selected frame,
   which is not typical of other users, and in that case it perhaps
   makes even more sense that I want `C-x 5 2' to duplicate the frame's
   parameters.  But I think that most users are likely to prefer, as the
   default behavior, keeping the same parameters.  (`C-u' gives
   `make-frame-command', i.e., the frame parameters are not cloned.)  An
   open question, I guess.

3. BTW, I think it would be good to add this to the doc string of
   `make-frame-command':

   Return the new frame.

In GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
 of 2018-05-30
Repository revision: 07f8f9bc5a51f5aa94eb099f3e15fbe0c20ea1ea
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.17134
Configured using:
 `configure --without-dbus --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
 --without-compress-install 'CFLAGS=-O2 -static -g3''





             reply	other threads:[~2019-03-03  0:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-03-03  0:47 Drew Adams [this message]
2019-03-04 16:12 ` bug#34715: 26.1; (1) Add `clone-frame', (2) bind it to `C-x 5 2' Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-08  9:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-01  9:43 ` bug#32736: 26; Bind `C-x 5 2' to `clone-frame' by default Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-01 12:47   ` bug#34715: " Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-01 12:53     ` bug#32736: " Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-01 13:38       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-01 13:40         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-01 13:41           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-01 13:55             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-01 14:11               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-01 14:18                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-01 14:28                   ` bug#34715: " Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-01 15:57                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-02  7:44                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-02  7:51                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-02  8:01                         ` bug#34715: " Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-02  8:19                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-02  8:57                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-02 12:03                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-02 16:05                                 ` bug#34715: " Lars Ingebrigtsen
     [not found] <<17bef02b-7dd4-4086-828f-59488a836ac1@default>
     [not found] ` <<83sgw2ehzu.fsf@gnu.org>
2019-03-04 17:25   ` bug#34715: 26.1; (1) Add `clone-frame', (2) bind it to `C-x 5 2' Drew Adams
2019-03-04 18:14     ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-30 21:58     ` Juri Linkov

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