Re: [Feature Discuss] Nested buffer

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es>
> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 16:59:11 +0200
> 
> > Any reason why several windows side by side couldn't serve the same
> > purpose?  (You can disable the mode line if that gets in the way.)
> 
> That is what I do when the number of affected areas is small, but...
> 
> 1. The screen has limited space.

Not nowadays.

> 2. Arranging the windows takes time and is fragile (commands like
> `compile' and derivatives changes the layout, temporally or permanently;
> you are forced to use another frame for magit, gnus...).

I just create a new frame for that, and use that frame only for such
special situations.  All the other buffers live on other frames, so
popping buffers don't bother me.

> I see the OP's proposal as a method for achieving narrowing at the file
> level (Emacs already has buffer-level narrowing): pick some files, put
> them (or parts of them) on the same buffer, and proceed as if you were
> working on a mini-project written on a single file.
> 
> My first impression about his proposal was kind of "meh", but the more I
> think about it, the more interesting it looks.

If you say so.  Volunteers are welcome to come up with patches that
implement this cleanly.