From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Xavier Maillard Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Tabs in Emacs? Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:43:45 +0100 Organization: GNU's Not UNIX! Message-ID: <200911172343.nAHNhjaV007564@fed.local> References: <4B029686.8080705@alice.it> <7b501d5c0911170532i5620ce86w57507fa95eecb1dc@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: Xavier Maillard NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1258501529 29611 80.91.229.12 (17 Nov 2009 23:45:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:45:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, angelo.graziosi@alice.it To: Deniz Dogan Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 18 00:45:22 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NAXjd-0001wW-Eo for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:45:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58848 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NAXjc-000658-MV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:45:20 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NAXhk-0005A0-5q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:43:24 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NAXhe-000562-Fm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:43:22 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58242 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NAXhe-00055n-AR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:43:18 -0500 Original-Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.28]:33307) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NAXhe-00060O-0Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:43:18 -0500 Original-Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1D43C0096; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:43:17 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:43:17 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=date:message-id:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:subject:reply-to:references; s=smtpout; bh=D3OsRRsv9kfnPO+HEN/h4QK/cE8=; b=NeULY1fPpsPTi3LFLElTO8Egdio9eIRBJ18Rd8p0eU9tP+XF/npMql544IpGvtXdhmfrwTnPmEDbTxW+ftoZYP/82HsgYgeVowFOzIIKkiBxox8JgJ4XAbqQxh1Tx8CFs4kukVXGYyADqXTcdLX5Jbj7te1Czo711ZV1QWP0aVQ= X-Sasl-enc: 29CGXLtxw6Uk1WgWLgxR0NQ2jWIr6CfLKxAa2auNkmli 1258501397 Original-Received: from fed.local (cha51-2-82-244-211-40.fbx.proxad.net [82.244.211.40]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 41189FEE9; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:43:17 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from fed.local (fed.local [127.0.0.1]) by fed.local (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nAHNhj6K007568 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:43:45 +0100 Original-Received: (from xavier@localhost) by fed.local (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nAHNhjaV007564; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:43:45 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: fed.local: xavier set sender to xma@gnu.org using -f In-reply-to: <7b501d5c0911170532i5620ce86w57507fa95eecb1dc@mail.gmail.com> (message from Deniz Dogan on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:32:51 +0100) User-Agent: Rmail GNU emacs 23.1 on cat: /etc/slackware-version: No such file or directory Jabber-ID: xavier@maillard.im X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:117133 Archived-At: 2009/11/17 Angelo Graziosi : > I would ask if there are plans to add tabs, as many modern applications > have, for Emacs 23.2. > > Cheers, > Angelo. > There is already e.g. tab bar mode, but it's not part of "core" Emacs today: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TabBarMode Why would someone need tabs in GNU Emacs exactly ? I am curious. Buffers and related functions (browsing, navigating, filtering ... ) are so powerful that I do not clearly understand the need for such features. Xavier -- http://www.gnu.org http://www.april.org http://www.lolica.org