From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Neat features in Eclipse editor Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:56:06 -0400 Message-ID: <873aqia0eh.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1206223171 16445 80.91.229.12 (22 Mar 2008 21:59:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:59:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Paul Michael Reilly , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 22 23:00:00 2008 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 1JdBkk-00006X-CW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:59:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JdBk9-00023e-RX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:59:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JdBk4-00023E-AW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:59:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JdBk2-00022y-66 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:59:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JdBk2-00022v-1z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:59:06 -0400 Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu ([18.115.2.24]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JdBjy-0005Y0-Di; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:59:02 -0400 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4DEC44E4B8; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:56:06 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat\, 22 Mar 2008 17\:45\:52 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.92 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:93211 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > * "Perspectives" are named persistent window configurations. We have > had the window configuration mechanism in GNU Emacs since the > beginning but we have never developed a good user interface to take > advantage of them. Eclipse's user interface seems to be good. Well, we already have `C-x r w R' (window-configuration-to-register) and `C-x r f R' (frame-configuration-to-register) for saving window configurations, and `C-x r j R' for restoring them. Though it's true that this could certainly be more user-friendly. Maybe the simplest way to do this is to add a "window configuration" submenu to the File menu on the menu-bar. What kind of user interface does Eclipse provide for this?