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From: kifer@cs.sunysb.edu (Michael Kifer)
To: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
Cc: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>, "Jan D." <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>,
	emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.60; Resizing may delete windows
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:53:50 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260.1206539630@cs.sunysb.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Message from "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>  of "Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:38:47 BST." <47EA19A7.1020401@gmail.com>


> > No, dedicated windows in frames that have other windows are too troublesome.
> > They often surprise the user.
> 
> What is the problem? I do not understand. That little window just exists 
> when ediff is active on that frame, right?

The problem is that there are too many situations when ediff has to
remember to undedicate or delete that window if the user decides to
postpone the work and do something else.

> > That little ediff window does not need to be dedicated, since nothing else
> > gets into it unless you try hard :-)
> 
> If you use Emacs client then new files are opened in the ediff control 
> window.

Then use multiframe setup :-)

Just dedicating that small window does not work. Too much stuff needs to be
taken care of. I'll take another look though.




  reply	other threads:[~2008-03-26 13:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-03-21 20:59 23.0.60; Resizing may delete windows Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-25 16:27 ` martin rudalics
2008-03-25 17:21   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-25 18:57     ` martin rudalics
2008-03-25 20:11       ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-25 22:10         ` martin rudalics
2008-03-25 22:54           ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-26  6:34             ` Michael Kifer
2008-03-26  7:48               ` martin rudalics
2008-03-26  9:38               ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-26 13:53                 ` Michael Kifer [this message]
2008-03-26 20:52                   ` Stefan Monnier
2008-03-26 18:53                     ` Michael Kifer
2008-03-27  0:02                       ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-27  2:23                         ` Michael Kifer
2008-03-27  2:17                       ` Stefan Monnier
2008-03-26 14:12               ` Dedicated windows (was: 23.0.60; Resizing may delete windows) Stefan Monnier
2008-03-26  7:38             ` 23.0.60; Resizing may delete windows martin rudalics
2008-03-26  9:32               ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-26 22:26                 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-27  7:48                   ` martin rudalics
2008-03-26  1:55           ` Stefan Monnier
2008-03-26  7:40             ` martin rudalics
2008-03-26 14:25               ` Stefan Monnier
2008-03-26 17:11                 ` martin rudalics
2008-03-26 20:54                   ` Stefan Monnier
2008-03-26 22:30                     ` martin rudalics
2008-03-27  2:22                       ` Stefan Monnier
2008-03-27  7:50                         ` martin rudalics
2008-03-29  3:48                           ` Stefan Monnier
2008-04-02  8:43                             ` martin rudalics
2008-04-02 14:52                               ` Stefan Monnier
2008-04-02 17:04                                 ` martin rudalics
2008-04-03 13:56                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2008-04-03 14:43                                     ` martin rudalics
2008-04-03 15:03                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2008-04-03 15:19                                         ` martin rudalics
2008-04-03 20:52                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2008-04-03 21:47                                             ` martin rudalics
2008-04-03 22:16                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2008-04-04  6:55                                                 ` martin rudalics
2008-04-04 14:02                                                   ` Stefan Monnier
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-04-20 12:23 martin rudalics
2008-04-20 19:29 ` Stefan Monnier

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