From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de (H. Dieter Wilhelm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: When do you prefer windows instead of frames? Was: When do you prefer frames instead of windows? Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:33:42 +0100 Organization: The Church of Emacs Message-ID: <87k32jhe6x.fsf_-_@vsl28t2g.ww011> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1416904467 12449 80.91.229.3 (25 Nov 2014 08:34:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:34:27 +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 09:34:21 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 1XtBZj-0000W9-Vv for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:34:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55972 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XtBZj-00054X-Jl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 03:34:19 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56365) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XtBZT-00054K-KS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 03:34:08 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XtBZC-0002m0-KF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 03:34:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-wi0-x22a.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c05::22a]:62294) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XtBZC-0002lo-Dg for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 03:33:46 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-wi0-f170.google.com with SMTP id bs8so11460584wib.5 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 00:33:45 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:from:to:subject:organization:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=q34QXR+6Z4K2kGO0D985HKtYQHOwdlIYqSwjMG6mFdc=; b=hg0yw1isYGuQQYj+eUDEcwCmo8+eSRR9RA5t5C24ndqWSe2SZqpVkxV8sw9irGly47 PGogKDjn2qsGFPl4WRBpDyc7k6TGHP9gohBSezSuY9Co6U1/kva+OYMGfxdLWeu2+isQ hW7zthCe4G6enr83K5rll9dIfZnxmJQZEY9sR/CnuLiB/T78AgsRrO4U/xxI17gR8zO3 hGcX9+E2WgdL4G3BfRIhragtktB/QU1xXMxFGfIQ1rJElJ8WINl4VQIHLOXeLPDQzFn3 HkWd0Pq13mOGKrW1lbtv64lmFWXxYkmWMSpm9bgiCrtr2hGKI4iCUsRoZQZs5yubhsec rYPA== X-Received: by 10.180.74.208 with SMTP id w16mr2415930wiv.2.1416904425622; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 00:33:45 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from vsl28t2g.ww011 (p4FD4FD1B.dip0.t-ipconnect.de. [79.212.253.27]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id r2sm891465wju.4.2014.11.25.00.33.44 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 25 Nov 2014 00:33:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 24 Nov 2014 09:20:04 -0800 (PST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c05::22a 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:101148 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? For supporting tasks only: Imagine you are starting from a full-screen window and want to see temporarily a variable definition in a second window while still hacking away. The advantage is that window operations, like C-x } enlarge-window-horizontally, delete-other-windows-vertically,... operate simultaneously on all windows. In such situations it seems to me much more convenient to use windows than set it up with frames. Dieter -- Best wishes H. Dieter Wilhelm Darmstadt, Germany