Fixing a window in place

Fixing a window in place

[Paul Mead]

Hi

Is there any way of making a particular window persistent? I have an erc
window which obviously disappears when I do other things and I'd like to
keep a small window at the bottom of the screen so I can keep an eye on
it. Is there a function or hack to do this?

Thanks
Paul

Re: Fixing a window in place

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

Paul Mead <paul.d.mead@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi
>
> Is there any way of making a particular window persistent? I have an erc
> window which obviously disappears when I do other things and I'd like to
> keep a small window at the bottom of the screen so I can keep an eye on
> it. Is there a function or hack to do this?

You can store the window configuration in a register, and jump back to it.

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.


-- 
__Pascal Bourguignon__

Re: Fixing a window in place

[Lennart Borgman]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Paul Mead <paul.d.mead@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Is there any way of making a particular window persistent? I have an erc
> window which obviously disappears when I do other things and I'd like to
> keep a small window at the bottom of the screen so I can keep an eye on
> it. Is there a function or hack to do this?


Maybe set-window-dedicated-p can help?

Re: Fixing a window in place

[Bernardo]

> Hi
> 
> Is there any way of making a particular window persistent? I have an erc
> window which obviously disappears when I do other things and I'd like to
> keep a small window at the bottom of the screen so I can keep an eye on
> it. Is there a function or hack to do this?
> 
> Thanks
> Paul


http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2007-05/msg00975.html

Re: Fixing a window in place

[Paul Mead]

Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:

>>
>> Is there any way of making a particular window persistent? I have an erc
>> window which obviously disappears when I do other things and I'd like to
>> keep a small window at the bottom of the screen so I can keep an eye on
>> it. Is there a function or hack to do this?
>
>
> Maybe set-window-dedicated-p can help?
I've tried that, but as far as I can tell, it dedicates the window to a
particular function, but doesn't stop it from being hidden by other
processes, I'm particularly referring to the org-mode agenda or gnus.

Re: Fixing a window in place

[Lennart Borgman]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Bernardo <bernardo.bacic@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Is there any way of making a particular window persistent? I have an erc
>> window which obviously disappears when I do other things and I'd like to
>> keep a small window at the bottom of the screen so I can keep an eye on
>> it. Is there a function or hack to do this?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Paul
>
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2007-05/msg00975.html

The doc string for set-window-dedicated-p says that using t for the
FLAG argument makes the window "strongly dedicated". The description
for what this actually mean is a bit vague, but it seems like it
better to use t in most cases.

Re: Fixing a window in place

[Paul Mead]

Bernardo <bernardo.bacic@pobox.com> writes:

>
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2007-05/msg00975.html

I tried this too, thanks! Had same effect as using the dedicated
window. It looks like the second frame may be the only way to go.

Re: Fixing a window in place

[Paul Mead]

pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon) writes:

>
> 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.

RE: Fixing a window in place

[Drew Adams]

> > 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

Re: Fixing a window in place

[Paul Mead]

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>
> 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
That's incredibly cool, I'll have to look into that, thanks!

Re: Fixing a window in place

[Richard Riley]

Paul Mead <paul.d.mead@gmail.com> writes:

> pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon) writes:
>
>>
>> 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 might also use the excellent elscreen package. e.g I have gnus on
screen 1, gdb on 2, erc on 3 and "general pottering" on 0.

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsLispScreen

Re: Fixing a window in place

[Kevin Rodgers]

Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote:
> Paul Mead <paul.d.mead@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Hi
>>
>> Is there any way of making a particular window persistent? I have an erc
>> window which obviously disappears when I do other things and I'd like to
>> keep a small window at the bottom of the screen so I can keep an eye on
>> it. Is there a function or hack to do this?
> 
> You can store the window configuration in a register, and jump back to it.
> 
> 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.

Also, frob special-display-buffer-names.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA