RE: Get buffer unto a new frame

[Richard Kerry via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>]

As someone not using monospaced fonts these diagrams are somewhat scrambled for me as the vertical lines don't meet up.

Regards,
Richard.


> -----Original Message-----
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> gnu-emacs-bounces+richard.kerry=atos.net@gnu.org> On Behalf Of Yuri
> Khan
> Sent: 24 August 2023 17:20
> To: tpeplt <tpeplt@gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: Get buffer unto a new frame
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> On Thu, 24 Aug 2023 at 23:01, tpeplt <tpeplt@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > >                       1 ┌───────┐
> > >         ┌───────────────┤ Emacs ├────────────────┐
> > >         │               └───────┘ 1              │
> > >         │ 1..*                                   │ 0..*
> > >     ┌───┴───┐      1..* ┌────────┐         1 ┌───┴────┐
> > >     │ Frame ├───────────┤ Window ├───────────┤ Buffer │
> > >     └───────┘ 1         └────────┘ 0..*      └────────┘
> > >
> >
> > Have you been drawing your helpful diagrams using Emacs’s ability to
> > insert individual graphic characters (for example, ┌, ┴, ┤), or is
> > there a package that you can recommend that allows for describing the
> > diagrams, and then draws them?
> 
> I built an Emacs reimplementation of the line drawing workflow I remember
> from MS-DOS-based Multi-Edit and DOS Navigator. (You basically hold down
> Shift and move point with the arrows, and it draws over where you move,
> joining lines as necessary.)
> 
> Unfortunately, it’s not currently published, and it has a few known bugs.