From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Gian Uberto Lauri" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: When do you prefer frames instead of windows? Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 16:54:54 +0100 Message-ID: <21620.42574.322318.854514@mail.eng.it> References: <21620.14313.322121.768484@mail.eng.it> Reply-To: Gian Uberto Lauri NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1416930930 6588 80.91.229.3 (25 Nov 2014 15:55:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:55:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Raffaele Ricciardi , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Gian Uberto Lauri To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 25 16:55:22 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 1XtISX-00085Z-Vp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 16:55:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58147 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XtISX-0001dQ-L0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:55:21 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55991) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XtISE-0001Uo-27 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:55:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XtIS9-0000Iu-0W for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:55:02 -0500 Original-Received: from relay.eng.it ([91.109.60.38]:42210 helo=mail.eng.it) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XtIS8-0000Il-LV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:54:56 -0500 Original-Received: from bms1.eng.it (unknown [192.168.10.42]) by deliver.antivirus (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94B104001B; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 16:54:55 +0100 (CET) X-AuditID: c0a80a2a-f79f96d000000f9b-38-5474a64f8d9c Original-Received: from mail.eng.it (Unknown_Domain [192.168.10.31]) by bms1.eng.it (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id F0.F8.03995.F46A4745; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 16:54:55 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from quigley (unknown [172.27.7.115]) by mail.eng.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8A934001B; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 16:54:54 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM 8.1.1 under 24.4.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) X-attribution: CC X-echelon-food: Bellcore Leak DREC radar Aladdin Tamil Tigers TDM. SUKLO Radicals Ansar al-Islam fraud Honduras Temblor SGC squib Pakistan X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFnrMLMWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsVyYAWXvK7/spIQg4WblC0uH37FYrHz5hs2 i81f/7JbLFlu68DicfJFB5vHzll32T3appl5fHx6iyWAJYrLJiU1J7MstUjfLoErY+HhG8wF K3gr5ndPY2lgfMzZxcjJISFgInF46lomCFtM4sK99WxdjFwcQgKbGCW+zJjJCuH0MErsPLiW BaSKV0BQ4uTMJ2A2s4COxM6td9ggbG2JZQtfM0PUGEvMW34VrIZFQFVi/+E3jCC2iICaxMlv z9kh6gsk1v79DtYrLGAlcW/fZlYQm1PAWuJO3zlGiMW7GCUm3vnEBnGelcTXZ0vAThUCWvz4 2UqwOJuApkTnc4jFEkDHvTw2DaxZQmACo8SbH3NZJjAKz0Jy+Cwkh89CcvgCRuZVjNxJucWG eql56XqZJZsYIUGvtYPx4DTVQ4wCHIxKPLwNx4pDhFgTy4orcw8xSnAwK4nwBvWWhAjxpiRW VqUW5ccXleakFh9ilOZgURLn9S10DxESSE8sSc1OTS1ILYLJMnFwSjUwyrr/Psy+zirh8T2Z Zztfyn07t2HalI+C797FCs9kVzvPe9EveFPKbd9ERvGTPd5R1iVXwuxU1oYv6D82N+9fXeWR CwfemBnOvWgbxWSVfmGWVUa5tPhtp3r7D1e231hw1v+JbdwPh47o3AhrZ6bl6nZxja2cdmET pdsultvb5ApuXeV7Ou6fEktxRqKhFnNRcSIAcz1Vr3YCAAA= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 91.109.60.38 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:101172 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > > > I would ask an opposite question: IF you could use Emacs frames= > > > as easily as you can use Emacs windows, in what scenarios would= > > > you prefer using Emacs windows, and why=3F > >=20 > > ...mail reading, sql interaction and when working on two parts of > > the same file or two files with a macro... > >=20 > > If the frames could really be used like windows, then, it could be= > > that I would be comfortable with separate frames. >=20 > That was the question. "IF you could use frames as easily as you > can use Emacs windows..." I certainly agree that currently you > cannot, especially with just vanilla Emacs. But if you could... Frankly, the answer is "I can't answer until I see it working". But it could be yes, especially if it changes my habits only slightly. > FYI, you can use bookmarks to similar effect. With Bookmark+ you > can just jump to this or that desktop bookmark, to change between > Emacs "workspaces", as defined by desktop.el. And it doesn't > matter whether you use one frame or 37 frames for such a workspace. >=20 > http://www.emacswiki.org/BookmarkPlus#DesktopBookmarks I will give it a look, thank you! --=20 /\ =5F=5F=5F Ubuntu: anci= ent /=5F=5F=5F/\=5F|=5F|\=5F|=5F=5F|=5F=5F=5FGian Uberto Lauri=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F= African word //--\| | \| | Integralista GNUslamico meaning "I can \/ coltivatore diretto di software not install gi=E0 sistemista a tempo (altrui) perso... 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