Re: Integrate sr-speedbar.el with speedbar.el

[Andy Stewart <lazycat.manatee@gmail.com>]

Hi Eric,

"Eric M. Ludlam" <eric@siege-engine.com> writes:

>>>> Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> seems to think that:
>>Andy Stewart <lazycat.manatee@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Speedbar is very useful for file browser or other programming.
>>> But this have a big problem is, speedbar is show in other frame.
>>> So need switch between two frame, not very convenient.
>>>
>>> And have a exist extension sr-speedbar.el (write by "Sebastian Rose")
>>> can make speedbar show in same frame.
>>>
>>> Find it at: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/sr-speedbar.el
>>>
>>> I'm another developer of sr-speedbar.
>>> I have attached newest version of sr-speedbar.
>>>
>>> I want to integrate sr-speedbar with speedbar.
>>> "Sebastian Rose" and me were sign copyright of FSF.
>>
>>Ccing Eric Ludlam, the Speedbar author.
>>
>>Eric, could you give your opinion of sr-speedbar?
>
> Hi,
>
>   I read small bits of sr-speedbar a little while ago.  As far as I
> know, it uses the same techniques that ECB uses, by advising various
> windowing functions in order to keep the speedbar window safe.  It
> also uses a bunch of speedbar's hooks. A while ago (June?) there were
> lots of discussions on emacs-devel on how to make ECB work without
> advice in Emacs.  I would imagine that the simpler sr-speedbar would
> benefit from the same kind of thing.
>
>   I lost track of the ECB discussion though, so I don't know what
> sorts of changes were made for it.
>
>   I can read some more of sr-speedbar if a more detailed opinion is
> needed.
>
> Eric
Yep, i agree.
It's not good if use many advice in sr-speedbar.

I want to ask,
it's possible support "same frame display" option in speedbar?
And modified some code of speedbar.

So don't need advices and so many hook to implement it.

  -- Andy