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: patch for optional inhibit of delete-other-windows(IDE feature) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:34:24 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1209548172 15250 80.91.229.12 (30 Apr 2008 09:36:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:36:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, klaus.berndl@sdm.de To: joakim@verona.se Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 30 11:36:41 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 1Jr8jx-0000sC-4p for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:36:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60338 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jr8jG-0000qT-31 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:35:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jr8hv-0000V7-25 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:34:35 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jr8hs-0000Ua-Uk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:34:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34792 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jr8hs-0000UL-9z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:34:32 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jr8hl-0005kP-9i; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:34:25 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AoQCAF/aF0jO+JghdGdsb2JhbACBU49+ASebCQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,727,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="19678155" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca (HELO smtp.teksavvy.com) ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 30 Apr 2008 05:34:24 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([206.248.152.33]) by smtp.teksavvy.com (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id KNM91424; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:34:24 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 7987081E8; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:34:24 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (joakim@verona.se's message of "Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:15:40 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (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:96211 Archived-At: >>> I chose "pin" because in some gui toolkits there is a widget that looks >>> like a little needle/pin that you can use to "fasten" the window and not >>> go away on certain operations. >>> I dont have a better name than pin right now, can someone think one up? >> I wouldn't worry about naming right now. First we need to get the >> design to work for something like ECB, Speedbar, etc.. > I think this patch basically achieves what it set out to do now: > - "pinning" windows > - "grouping" windows > pinning and grouping together makes it possible to implement context > windows surrounding an edit area(much like the emacs gdb interface looks > like, but without the inconvenience that c-x 1 in the edit area > destroys the entire layout) It looks like that indeed provides what we need, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's not good enough. That's why I first want to see someone use it for ECB. Stefan