From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bob Proulx Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: When do you prefer frames instead of windows? Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:28:54 -0700 Message-ID: <20141125152138825891831@bob.proulx.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1416954569 19432 80.91.229.3 (25 Nov 2014 22:29:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 22:29:29 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 25 23:29:22 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XtObo-0005A6-Ly for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 23:29:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59796 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XtObo-0000FP-4G for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:29:20 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41350) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XtObW-0000F2-GF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:29:08 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XtObP-0000Ya-Up for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:29:02 -0500 Original-Received: from joseki.proulx.com ([216.17.153.58]:53176) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XtObP-0000YA-Nt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:28:55 -0500 Original-Received: from hysteria.proulx.com (hysteria.proulx.com [192.168.230.119]) by joseki.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A510721846 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:28:54 -0700 (MST) Original-Received: by hysteria.proulx.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 786C12DC38; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:28:54 -0700 (MST) Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 216.17.153.58 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:101198 Archived-At: Raffaele Ricciardi wrote: > The usefulness of frames is evident for buffers that update their content > according to the current buffer (like Speedbar and ECB). Besides this kind > of use, when do you prefer frames instead of windows? I have seen a lot of commentary about frames. One thing that has been missing is the discussion of the window manager used to manage those frames. It really isn't possible to talk about emacs and frame management without also involving the window manager. "Ay, there's the rub." And that is as personal of a choice as the choice of editor. Focus follows mouse? Click to focus? Click to raise? Autoraise? Tiling? Single or multiple screens? The combination of possibilities will create a large number of answers. None of which is canonically correct. All are correct for that individual. Personally I tend to use one frame for everything. I sometimes use additional frames but only rarely. Bob