From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard M Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.code-browser Subject: Re: patch for optional inhibit of delete-other-windows(IDE feature) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:35:42 -0400 Message-ID: References: <84D8FEFE8D23E94E9C2A6F0C58EE07E3429A02@mucmail3.sdm.de> <84D8FEFE8D23E94E9C2A6F0C58EE07E3429AF9@mucmail3.sdm.de> <4815EE7D.6020304@gmx.at> <84D8FEFE8D23E94E9C2A6F0C58EE07E3429DD9@mucmail3.sdm.de> <48164956.1060204@gmx.at> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1209487223 28654 80.91.229.12 (29 Apr 2008 16:40:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:40:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ecb-list@lists.sourceforge.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org, joakim@verona.se, klaus.berndl@sdm.de To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 29 18:40:57 2008 connect(): Connection refused 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 1Jqssb-0000oH-1G for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:40:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40963 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jqsrs-0005Rn-UB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:39:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JqsoC-0003OB-Uf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:36:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JqsoB-0003Nk-SV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:36:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42754 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JqsoB-0003Nh-Pv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:35:59 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JqsoB-0001GX-CT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:35:59 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Jqsnu-00088L-Tq; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:35:43 -0400 In-reply-to: <48164956.1060204@gmx.at> (message from martin rudalics on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:01:58 +0200) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: 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:96150 gmane.emacs.code-browser:2129 Archived-At: I suggest that the best way to design these features is to think about the actual uses (such as an IDE) and design features adequate for those uses. In other words, avoid ading more generality than we need.