From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Tab bar Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:32:54 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87prt2qzbd.fsf@jurta.org> References: <87wsnaso3h.fsf@jurta.org> <87d4p2tuim.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1207528540 12955 80.91.229.12 (7 Apr 2008 00:35:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 00:35:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Koppelman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 07 02:36:10 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 1JifLF-0001WO-Lt for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:36:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JifKc-0002mz-JZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:35:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JifKY-0002mk-AL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:35:26 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JifKW-0002mV-Qg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:35:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JifKW-0002mS-Lc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:35:24 -0400 Original-Received: from relay03.kiev.sovam.com ([62.64.120.201]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JifKW-0002lE-47 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:35:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay03.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JifKU-000Ev4-3c; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:35:22 +0300 In-Reply-To: (David Koppelman's message of "Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:05:44 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Scanner-Signature: 7b6940144bc5d56bdacd12344196c2df X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: juri@jurta.org X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Header: Not Detected X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 2569 [Apr 04 2008] X-SpamTest-Info: helo_type=3 X-SpamTest-Info: {HEADERS: header Content-Type found without required header Content-Transfer-Encoding} X-SpamTest-Method: none X-SpamTest-Rate: 10 X-SpamTest-Status: Not detected X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: not_detected X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0278], KAS30/Release X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 6.x (1) 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:94537 Archived-At: > For new users a tab bar with one tab per buffer (and perhaps showing the > n most recent) would be a great help, they can get to work without > immediately having to learn how to switch buffers or for that matter > learning what a buffer is. > > I'd suggest taking such users into account when designing the tab bar > though without compromising the features for organization that > experienced users might want. Just as web browsers provide an option to choose between opening pages in a new tab or in the same tab, and similarly to the Emacs option `pop-up-frames', we could create a new user option `pop-up-tabs' whose non-nil value will always display a new buffer in a new tab, and we could even set it to non-nil by default for the convenience of new users. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/