From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Using several frames on TTYs, switching them, terminology: [Is also: Tabbed buffers] Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:52:19 +0200 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> <20080127195538.GA5014@muc.de> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1201467156 32395 80.91.229.12 (27 Jan 2008 20:52:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:52:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 27 21:52:57 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 1JJEUp-0000lE-Im for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:52:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JJEUO-00072o-VB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:52:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JJEUL-00070i-25 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:52:25 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JJEUJ-0006yu-JP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:52:24 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JJEUJ-0006yb-4M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:52:23 -0500 Original-Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.22]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JJEUI-0000Bb-Ml for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:52:23 -0500 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-83-130-220-9.inter.net.il [83.130.220.9]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id IZJ20152 (AUTH halo1); Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:49:51 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <20080127195538.GA5014@muc.de> (message from Alan Mackenzie on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:55:38 +0000) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) 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:87654 Archived-At: > Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:55:38 +0000 > From: Alan Mackenzie > Cc: nickrob@snap.net.nz, miles@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org > > Actually, you may be right. The mechanism for switching frames (C-x 5 > o, repeated ad nauseam till you finally reach the frame you're looking > for) is so broken as to be unusable, at least for me. A solution has been in existence for that problem for a very long time: give your frame a name with "M-x set-frame-name RET FOO RET", then select it with "M-x select-frame-by-name RET FOO RET". Puff! problem gone.