From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Desktop tty frames Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 09:27:48 +0900 Message-ID: <87ppoxzlkr.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> References: <6792171.1387115811961.JavaMail.root@elwamui-cypress.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <87mwk1q4jg.fsf_-_@mail.jurta.org> <87haa9lstx.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <747b0917-f06f-43c8-a2c0-7aadc3f6cb49@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1387153683 10667 80.91.229.3 (16 Dec 2013 00:28:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 00:28:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , Drew Adams , EMACS development team To: Juanma Barranquero Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 16 01:28:06 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VsM2X-00089O-U5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Dec 2013 01:28:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53030 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VsM2X-00079v-AZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:28:05 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35579) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VsM2Q-00079a-29 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:28:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VsM2K-0000jT-62 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:27:57 -0500 Original-Received: from mgmt2.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp ([130.158.97.224]:45829) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VsM2J-0000jF-Rr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:27:52 -0500 Original-Received: from uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp [130.158.99.156]) by mgmt2.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0CFE970A24; Mon, 16 Dec 2013 09:27:48 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 92ECF1A25CF; Mon, 16 Dec 2013 09:27:48 +0900 (JST) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM undefined under 21.5 (beta34) "kale" 2a0f42961ed4 XEmacs Lucid (x86_64-unknown-linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 130.158.97.224 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:166453 Archived-At: Juanma Barranquero writes: > On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 11:27 PM, Drew Adams wrote: > > > If this -nw vs GUI thing is an important use case for the option, > > perhaps its doc should mention it. As in, "In particular,..." or > > "For example,..." > > But if you propose a way to make the docstring clearer, I'll commit > it, no-questions-asked'ly fast. Huh, I think you answered the question Drew asked. But I think the place to mention this is in the doc for "-nw"! > > (Not sure what the default value should be, BTW.) > > The current default is to restore every frame in its original display, > which seems pretty sane to me. To me, that does make sense for local Xinerama (multimonitor) setups. But I don't see how this can be done reliably for remote X frames, where the names of displays can change in arbitrary ways in different runs, and typically do. Inquiring minds want to know: Did you find a way?