From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 34715@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#34715: 26.1; (1) Add `clone-frame', (2) bind it to `C-x 5 2'
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:12:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83sgw2ehzu.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <17bef02b-7dd4-4086-828f-59488a836ac1@default> (message from Drew Adams on Sat, 2 Mar 2019 16:47:47 -0800 (PST))
> Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2019 16:47:47 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
>
> 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'.
I'm okay with adding a new command, but rebinding "C-x 5 2" by default
at the same time is a non-starter. We should first let people use the
new command, and should see how many of them ask to change the default
binding.
> 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.
That's what default-frame-alist is for. If you are used to change the
parameters of your frames a lot during their lifetime, which
presumably means each of your frames might look and work differently,
it is not entirely clear to me that "C-x 5 2" should produce a clone
of the random frame where you just happened to type the command. It
could even cause trouble/unexpected behavior, with some exotic
parameters, at least in principle.
So I think we definitely should collect more experience before
changing this veteran binding.
> 3. BTW, I think it would be good to add this to the doc string of
> `make-frame-command':
>
> Return the new frame.
"When called from Lisp, return the new frame."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-03-04 16:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-03-03 0:47 bug#34715: 26.1; (1) Add `clone-frame', (2) bind it to `C-x 5 2' Drew Adams
2019-03-04 16:12 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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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