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: Tabs in Emacs? Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:12:09 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87y6m3skny.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: <4B029686.8080705@alice.it> <7b501d5c0911170532i5620ce86w57507fa95eecb1dc@mail.gmail.com> <200911172343.nAHNhjaV007564@fed.local> <87einwfvcv.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <200911181720.nAIHKC2w012289@fed.local> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1258573127 9341 80.91.229.12 (18 Nov 2009 19:38:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:38:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, angelo.graziosi@alice.it, Miles Bader To: Xavier Maillard Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 18 20:38:40 2009 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 1NAqMR-0005oX-8A for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:38:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53519 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NAqMQ-0005ST-G8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:38:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NAqIa-0001RC-3g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:34:40 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NAqIV-0001KT-8J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:34:39 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47407 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NAqIU-0001KF-RI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:34:34 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp-out3.starman.ee ([85.253.0.5]:35592 helo=mx1.starman.ee) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NAqIA-0003Ql-Br; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:34:14 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: by Amavisd-New at mx1.starman.ee Original-Received: from mail.starman.ee (82.131.31.20.cable.starman.ee [82.131.31.20]) by mx1.starman.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76E6D3F40C9; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:34:05 +0200 (EET) In-Reply-To: <200911181720.nAIHKC2w012289@fed.local> (Xavier Maillard's message of "Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:20:12 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:117213 Archived-At: > > Why would someone need tabs in GNU Emacs exactly ? I am > > curious. Buffers and related functions (browsing, navigating, > > filtering ... ) are so powerful that I do not clearly understand > > the need for such features. > > If implemented well, tabs can be a nice visual reminder of recently > used buffers and UI for simple and quick mouse use. > > Hum yes. I am always in the linux console thus I do not need more > stuff. But I am pretty sure that even in X, I would not run the > graphic toolkit ;). I happily use Emacs tabs in the console since internally tabs are just a list of window configurations that can be displayed in any way. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/