From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [Feature Discuss] Nested buffer Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 18:14:16 +0300 Message-ID: <83r2jsvf7b.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87pnzdt87e.fsf@telefonica.net> <83wotkvh42.fsf@gnu.org> <87h8kou1c0.fsf@telefonica.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1532445200 5400 195.159.176.226 (24 Jul 2018 15:13:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 15:13:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D3scar?= Fuentes Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 24 17:13:16 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fhyzw-0001Bi-0d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 17:13:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41044 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fhz22-0005YA-Pb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 11:15:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36527) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fhz0v-0005Wl-QH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 11:14:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fhz0q-0007de-S6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 11:14:13 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:35900) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fhz0q-0007dQ-Mb; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 11:14:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1970 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1fhz0q-0007tC-2n; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 11:14:08 -0400 In-reply-to: <87h8kou1c0.fsf@telefonica.net> (message from =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D3scar?= Fuentes on Tue, 24 Jul 2018 16:59:11 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:227772 Archived-At: > From: Óscar Fuentes > 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.