From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: dropdown-list.el Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 15:39:50 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87zkmgolrh.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <20110522061336.266B513C50D@vps1.kiwanami.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1306071622 22298 80.91.229.12 (22 May 2011 13:40:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 13:40:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Leo Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 22 15:40:16 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QO8tE-0007Zv-0k for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 May 2011 15:40:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40362 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QO8tD-0006im-Ag for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 May 2011 09:40:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:41028) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QO8tA-0006ih-M2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 May 2011 09:40:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QO8t9-0002iI-IA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 May 2011 09:40:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ey0-f169.google.com ([209.85.215.169]:55622) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QO8t9-0002i7-9j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 May 2011 09:40:11 -0400 Original-Received: by eyd9 with SMTP id 9so1871099eyd.0 for ; Sun, 22 May 2011 06:40:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=UnPIQvDAXTyS8FrRPR49XTzlnsIjgyDKRugarFRTD1Y=; b=sUg37NoKTA351s5BIxza7EvxfMTqhlVpExhWsA8EBWYZTp9gFrIxxTnA3C/VFehdD8 fA5oODatJbXBzw8SbjuibeyrmywEeHjrY9QXMCgh779lkKV0VE6iS2AkNR3nO1bAl/ga pPonQHr0dLqK0jJVo/47KNVH1VVMZHBPeeicc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=InL+GkRNhxTQAQjNddTNlumIw44KwBiA1PvdwE/NCO24K1q+TofQAXAWxr45/icss4 AfC7W2l7VvkvFQWAyqTWDbBjBlYSfRIhhD1XmlI1CzWcLOaRUweCZD0hUk7IGy4YkBED Kx/FiOY1KbXnwKwZjtSv/+2OqlugLsHF+Eljo= Original-Received: by 10.213.7.220 with SMTP id e28mr826768ebe.105.1306071610248; Sun, 22 May 2011 06:40:10 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.213.7.6 with HTTP; Sun, 22 May 2011 06:39:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 209.85.215.169 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:139622 Archived-At: On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Leo wrote: > On 2011-05-22 19:48 +0800, Lennart Borgman wrote: >> Since it uses overlays it can not extend outside of Emacs windows. >> This is often quite awful. > > I found the ability to make a frame without any decorations: no title > bar, no border and scroll bar, no minibuffer etc. very useful. For > example, one can use it to build a notification system that is even more > powerful than the popular choice growl on OSX. I suspect it can also be > used to draw dropdown menus. Some things are missing in Emacs currently to make this useful. I think we have discussed this earlier (or didn't I suggest some enhancements then?).