Re: Q: child frames on ttys

["Gerd Möllmann" <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com>]

Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:

>>>>>> On Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:19:44 +0200, Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com> said:
>     >> but I have a use case in mind where I have two non-overlapping frames
>     >> in the same tty. Is that the kind of thing youʼre talking about?
>
>     Gerd> Would these be "normal" Emacs frames like one gets with C-x 5 2? Or are
>     Gerd> these frames special in some sense, like a Corfu child frame displaying
>     Gerd> completions (possibly with second child frame displaying additional info
>     Gerd> for completion candidates), or a Posframe chlid frame displaying a
>     Gerd> Transient menu, or somehting like that?
>
> Theyʼd be completely normal independent frames. Think two half screen
> gui frames aligned next to each other, but then on a tty.
>
> If there was a way in Emacs to tell window generating commands to
> pretend that only the left half of the current tty frame should be
> considered, then I could use that, but I donʼt know of one. (hmm,
> could I spike `frame-width' somehow?)
>
> (itʼs an obscure use case, so itʼs really not a big deal if itʼs not
> supported. posframe or similar on tty would already be fantastic)

Thanks, I guess that speaks for having a more or less complete child
frame feature.