From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Phillip Susi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Suggestion: Make emacsclient act as a new frame Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:24:54 -0400 Message-ID: <46AE4916.2060709@cfl.rr.com> 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: sea.gmane.org 1185829804 11430 80.91.229.12 (30 Jul 2007 21:10:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:10:04 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 30 23:09:57 2007 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 1IFcV0-0003Ml-4M for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:09:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IFcUz-0004fe-Jb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:09:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IFcUw-0004f9-Cd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:09:50 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IFcUu-0004eb-Sr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:09:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IFcUu-0004eY-Qa for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:09:48 -0400 Original-Received: from joseki.proulx.com ([216.17.153.58]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IFcUu-00085D-El for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:09:48 -0400 Original-Received: by joseki.proulx.com (Postfix, from userid 1021) id 17016FA69; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:09:48 -0600 (MDT) Resent-From: mlmgr@proulx.com Resent-Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:09:48 -0600 Resent-Message-ID: <20070730210948.GA16113@joseki.proulx.com> Resent-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IFc8y-0005jA-Gf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:47:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IFc8v-0005i9-SO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:47:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IFc8v-0005i4-P3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:47:05 -0400 Original-Received: from iriserv.iradimed.com ([72.242.190.170] helo=iradimed.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IFc8v-0002wA-Cn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:47:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [10.1.1.235] ([10.1.1.235]) by iradimed.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:25:04 -0400 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (Windows/20070509) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Jul 2007 20:25:04.0559 (UTC) FILETIME=[B6911BF0:01C7D2E7] X-TM-AS-Product-Ver: SMEX-7.5.0.1243-5.0.1021-15332.001 X-TM-AS-Result: No--2.174700-5.000000-31 X-TM-AS-User-Approved-Sender: No X-TM-AS-User-Blocked-Sender: No X-detected-kernel: Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1+ X-Greylist: delayed 1323 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at monty-python; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:46:57 EDT X-detected-kernel: Genre and OS details not recognized. Resent-Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:09:50 -0400 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:75833 Archived-At: It would be nice if at some future time emacsclient was actually interactive, functioning like a new frame on the principal emacs client, rather than just blocking while you have to tab to the principal emacs client to edit, then return. This makes quick editor jobs for things like crontab -e much more convenient because you do not have to switch windows/terminals, yet you still have the full functionality of emacs and access to your other open buffers for purposes of cut/paste and so forth. P.S. I don't know if this list munges the reply-to header or not, so please be sure to CC me in any replies as I am not subscribed.