From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Fixing a window in place Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:00:46 -0700 Message-ID: <011601c9c8d2$e9ebc580$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> References: <87ws9391fs.fsf@galatea.local> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241013731 13438 80.91.229.12 (29 Apr 2009 14:02:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:02:11 +0000 (UTC) To: "'Paul Mead'" , Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 29 16:02:01 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LzAMI-000346-CU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:01:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37316 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LzAMH-00048J-UC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:01:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LzALN-0003tj-6f for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:01:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LzALI-0003rr-Gr for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:01:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39701 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LzALI-0003rm-Cw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:00:56 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet11.oracle.com ([141.146.126.233]:36069) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LzALH-00024i-Qg for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:00:56 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com (acsinet15.oracle.com [141.146.126.227]) by acsinet11.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n3TE0vb4011860 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:00:58 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt701.oracle.com (acsmt701.oracle.com [141.146.40.71]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n3TE0tPN028346; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:00:55 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/141.144.88.34) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:00:44 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 Thread-Index: AcnIx7bwb0wnzgCeQQKRMYWG2sZeUQACjPzg X-Source-IP: acsmt701.oracle.com [141.146.40.71] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A010203.49F85D8E.0211:SCFMA4539814,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:64100 Archived-At: > > But if you want to keep an eye on it, the best is to open another > > frame, if you're using a window manager. > > C-x 5 2 to create a new frame > > C-x 5 o to switch from one frame to the other. > > That does look like the best option in the absence of a way > of making a window persistent. Thanks. You can also use a thumbnail frame, which is as small as you like. Thumbify a frame to follow what's happening from a distance ;-), and dethumbify it to see close up. No matter how small the thumbnail is, you can still use it in every way (search, highlight, follow dynamic process output, scroll...). It's like a live icon. http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/FisheyeWithThumbs