From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6204: vc-dir always splits the frame Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 16:49:40 +0200 Message-ID: <4BFD3504.6060009@gmx.at> References: <4jwrv35d7a.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <878w7fa7cr.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4BF504B4.50408@gmx.at> <4BF5736B.1030605@gmx.at> <4BF79ABA.7080006@gmx.at> <87ljbbv4u4.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87y6fbqtq2.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4BF91C54.4070608@gmx.at> <4BF97C5B.409@gmx.at> <4BFBEE76.7000003@gmx.at> <4BFC099E.2000404@gmx.at> <87bpc3oo6l.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4BFCDBFA.8030700@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1274886003 401 80.91.229.12 (26 May 2010 15:00:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 15:00:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6204@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 26 16:59:57 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OHI5J-00057g-5H for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 May 2010 16:59:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36342 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OHI5H-0002th-7w for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 May 2010 10:59:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=36993 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OHI2u-0001ZT-1q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 May 2010 10:57:25 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OHI2r-0005nv-Kh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 May 2010 10:57:23 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:39988) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OHI2r-0005nq-JF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 May 2010 10:57:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OHHvm-0007zT-NN; Wed, 26 May 2010 10:50:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: martin rudalics Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 14:50:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6204 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6204-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6204.127488539530705 (code B ref 6204); Wed, 26 May 2010 14:50:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6204) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 May 2010 14:49:55 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OHHvf-0007zC-5N for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 26 May 2010 10:49:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OHHvb-0007z7-OV for 6204@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 26 May 2010 10:49:53 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 26 May 2010 14:49:45 -0000 Original-Received: from 62-47-53-121.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.53.121]) [62.47.53.121] by mail.gmx.net (mp071) with SMTP; 26 May 2010 16:49:45 +0200 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19iQeluPENiuW3p5EpojlP4eeymcDrCsnK2p7KA0U /N3iQWaT7xUGMG User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) In-Reply-To: X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 10:50:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:37294 Archived-At: >> "As a special case, if FRAME-PARAMETERS contains (same-window . t) ..." >> so should we now say >> "As another special case, if FRAME-PARAMETERS contains >> (other-window . t) ..." > > We also have (same-frame . t), and we came to the conclusion at some > other point that we also want to have something like `nearby' > (i.e. other-window but close) or `near-minibuffer' (tho maybe `nearby' > is sufficient if near-minibuffer is only needed when the minibuffer is > the selected windows). > I feel like maybe these shouldn't be all separate parameters, but > instead we may want to have a single `where' parameter whose value could > then say `same-window', `other-window'. OTOH we probably to be able to > specify some of the independently (I'm think mostly of `same-frame'). > > So maybe it should be split into `which-frame' which could be `same' or > `other' or nil, and then `where' which could be `same-window', or > `other-window', or `nearby', or nil. What I don't understand yet is whether or how we want other-window state that a window shall be split to get the other window or that another window shall be reused. Or shall window splitting and creation of new frames still be guided entirely by `pop-up-windows' and `pop-up-frames'? martin