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: Tab bar Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:12:36 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87wsnaso3h.fsf@jurta.org> <87d4p2tuim.fsf@jurta.org> <47FA3EBE.5040600@gmail.com> <87ve2t2rte.fsf@jurta.org> <87wsn80zgq.fsf@jurta.org> <87ej9f2zi6.fsf@jurta.org> <87skxv74nt.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1207750373 9070 80.91.229.12 (9 Apr 2008 14:12:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 14:12:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , lennart.borgman@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul R Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 09 16:13:25 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 1Jjb3C-0006JZ-9U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:13:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jjb2Y-0004s6-Lz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:12:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jjb2V-0004rt-N2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:12:39 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jjb2U-0004rh-7k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:12:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jjb2U-0004re-3W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:12:38 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182] helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jjb2T-00054g-N4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:12:37 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgoFAFJr/EfO+KV8/2dsb2JhbACBXKsR X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,629,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="18207229" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca (HELO smtp.teksavvy.com) ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 09 Apr 2008 10:12:37 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([206.248.165.124]) by smtp.teksavvy.com (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id PSV08237; Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:12:37 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id DBC9A8C24; Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:12:36 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87skxv74nt.fsf@gmail.com> (Paul R.'s message of "Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:34:30 +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:94786 Archived-At: >> It would be nice to have this in Emacs. > I, too, think a lot of usability improvements can be derived from such > a facility. I'm not sure which ones, really. Especially considering that it won't be available under ttys, and that it has some downsides as well (e.g. C-h k and C-h l) and introduces several minor incompatibilities which require changes in Elisp, but since they're minor and non-obvious you have to wait for someone to bump into it before you know it needs to be fixed. > At least, I'd be very happy to be able to play with that. > Stefan, do you think your work is ready to go into the trunk ? For some reason I scrapped most of it. Stefan