Miles Bader wrote:
> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>   
>> I could imagine introducing tabs as a new concept between windows
>> and frames.  So the behavior of display-buffer could be configured to
>> either use the current window, or pop a new window, or pop a new tab or
>> pop a new frame.
>>     
>
> Hmm, do we want the tab-bar to be per-frame, or per-emacs-window?
>   


As a user --- my thought is that a "tab" should contain a frame.
i.e., it's kind of filling in for a gap left by crappy X11 window
managers.


Coordination with the GNU desktop project here might help.

-t





> For "switching buffer" use of tabs, per-emacs-window seems like it might
> be more useful, though obviously eating more screen real-estate.
> [With such a setup, it would be useful to have "non-tabbed" and "tabbed"
> emacs windows though I don't know how that UI would work...]
>
> -Miles
>
>