From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: Carlos Pita <carlosjosepita2@gmail.com>
Cc: 51935@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#51935: 29.0.50; tab-switch hides identically named tabs
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 10:36:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86a6i0o8dj.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEOO5TdBztSdx0Q8dgd0skepOKB5xz+TeQzMDk5pF=Qb80DR0A@mail.gmail.com> (Carlos Pita's message of "Thu, 18 Nov 2021 21:31:45 -0300")
> Tabs are positional so the position can be used to disambiguate
> choices. I would use it as a suffix but only where it helps
> disambiguate options.
Tabs are positional only when the tab-bar is enabled and visible,
especially after customizing tab-bar-tab-hints to non-nil.
But the problem is that 'C-x t RET' is used mostly when the tab-bar
is disabled and not visible, so tabs are not positional in this case.
> That said, I believe even "same-buffer<1>", "same-buffer<2>",
> "same-buffer<3>" is preferable to nothing, first because it's the same
> in tab-switcher, tabs are all named equal and it's only the position
> that distinguishes them, adding a sequential number conveys the same
> information than the position in the tab-switcher menu, so if that's
> good for one case it's likely good for the other one as well, at least
> as long as it doesn't make completion cumbersome, which is the case
> when it's a suffix sparingly added; second, because as it is today one
> gets the impression that tabs are missing, it can get pretty
> confusing, more confusing than arbitrary suffixes I would say. Notice that I
> don't use the tabbar (and I believe I'm not alone in that respect) so I rely
> on the tab list to get an overall picture every now and then, sometimes to
> figure out what tabs need renaming.
If this problem exists for completions candidates of 'C-x t RET',
then we could add the suffix <N> to non-unique completion strings
with tab names here.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-19 8:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-18 6:10 bug#51935: 29.0.50; tab-switch hides identically named tabs Carlos Pita
2021-11-18 17:32 ` Juri Linkov
2021-11-19 0:31 ` Carlos Pita
2021-11-19 8:36 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2021-11-20 3:17 ` Carlos Pita
2021-11-20 19:42 ` Juri Linkov
2021-11-22 18:16 ` Juri Linkov
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