> > Initializing a tab is not an action performed by emacs, but it is what
> you
> > define it to be.
>
> And who executes what I define?


The tabs will have an interface of primitive functions, written at the
C-level.

The primitive function 'create-tab will have to execute at its end the
callback written in lisp. This callback will make the initialization.




> > In gtk for example, if you insert a gtk-notebook widget in emacs, you
> write
> > the callback functions in C , such that they call elisp function of that
> > signals.
>
> Emacs tabs should work without gtk as well.



Yes, so ? What do you mean by that ?

Tabs must have a common mechaninsm for gtk/console/etc


Alin