Re: Emacs as a C Programming IDE Configuration?

["Colin S. Miller" <no-spam-thank-you@csmiller.demon.co.uk>]

On 27/04/11 07:47, haziz wrote:
> I also want separate buffers to allow shell commands and to M-x compile.
 > I want it to open into this multi-buffer form automatically when visiting a C source file,
 > rather than having to launch each buffer separately.


Haziz,

I think you are getting confused between a 'buffer', a 'window' and a 'frame'.

In Emacs,
When a file is opened it is read into a buffer; there is normally a one-to-one mapping between
the file and the buffer. (make-indirect-buffer does violate this; but is not relevant here).
A buffer can also have no file associated with it, such as *scratch*, *compilation* etc.

A 'window' is what most other editors call a (non-tiling) MDI child window.
A 'frame' is what most other editors call a top-level window.

Each window displays the contents of one buffer;
M-x displayer-buffer   or M-x 4 C-o  will buffer the current window is currently displaying.

Each frame displays one or more windows,
C-x 2 or C-x 3 will half the size of the current window, and create a new window
to take the remaining space. Both the current and new windows will display the current buffer.


I hope that is a bit clearer,
Colin S. Miller

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