From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Tabbed buffers Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:07:06 -0500 Message-ID: References: <18330.23354.579245.68671@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <87ejc5sf4l.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <18330.29609.396872.678539@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <87wspxqwjv.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87ir1hqits.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1201374450 14324 80.91.229.12 (26 Jan 2008 19:07:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:07:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Nick Roberts , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 26 20:07:49 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 1JIqNW-0007KN-D1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:07:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JIqN5-0004cw-Tt for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:07:20 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JIqN1-0004c6-J2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:07:15 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JIqMz-0004bZ-VY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:07:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JIqMz-0004bW-RL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:07:13 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JIqMv-0001Zn-Sy; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:07:10 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CAGwTm0fO+J95dGdsb2JhbACQKAEwgSGaN34 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,255,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="13249145" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 26 Jan 2008 14:07:07 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([206.248.159.121]) by smtp.pppoe.ca (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id GUH82807; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:07:07 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 03A70858A; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:07:07 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87ir1hqits.fsf@catnip.gol.com> (Miles Bader's message of "Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:03:43 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:87592 Archived-At: >> I could imagine introducing tabs as a new concept between windows >> and frames. So the behavior of display-buffer could be configured to >> either use the current window, or pop a new window, or pop a new tab or >> pop a new frame. > Hmm, do we want the tab-bar to be per-frame, or per-emacs-window? Both make sense. > For "switching buffer" use of tabs, per-emacs-window seems like it might > be more useful, though obviously eating more screen real-estate. > [With such a setup, it would be useful to have "non-tabbed" and "tabbed" > emacs windows though I don't know how that UI would work...] Yes, it'd be a per-window or per-frame setting. If it's per-frame it'd switch between window-configurations, otherwise it'd switch between buffers. Stefan