From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Yuri Khan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: When do you prefer frames instead of windows? Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:45:16 +0700 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1416879939 12480 80.91.229.3 (25 Nov 2014 01:45:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 01:45:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" To: Raffaele Ricciardi Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 25 02:45:33 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 1Xt5C8-00022m-8P for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 02:45:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55127 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xt5C7-000743-JT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 20:45:31 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48392) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xt5Bu-00073y-Ca for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 20:45:19 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xt5Bt-0007nW-Hj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 20:45:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ig0-x235.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c05::235]:50866) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xt5Bt-0007nP-BY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 20:45:17 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-ig0-f181.google.com with SMTP id l13so4553345iga.2 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:45:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=4obYAbalGg94mmmLJgHnc04xOqfQj00CxAMtd9SNE3E=; b=dNXCW7+YVD032SM0gSi8gBx4nW4hpg0FDyq+FKjQW1uYNs8HctgeQAfyi5S6t7HE11 soLfePXHPum03FArJJs7Xq62eQkfSnyxBX2xu0pbR2tp56coTuHHdb2/EIMa7TGRsM8P nQ4HIirh6+d9QS1yTR0xCDicrsE5WgFd7+cSQjWj6IwBPKyyjzrYoZ67TZ/E9aCSOwfD EZFpDi9lw264wgK9CHouZSsdFBHju3HfvibCbU8X0gRy0a0NCoBqz1PGkFxGNkocaZr6 2URFe+bjd3e4gYzVh4X+eUbSgXzX1Ie0wIe4tJP44Vymsx2SJ6sX6M0ksVs9MnQf5Z55 Eujw== X-Received: by 10.107.151.145 with SMTP id z139mr21596845iod.24.1416879916207; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:45:16 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.107.48.82 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:45:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: fe3y6tzF6oCX6SofXm9Vr8gRjLM X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4001:c05::235 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:101142 Archived-At: On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 10:40 PM, Raffaele Ricciardi wrote: > The usefulness of frames is evident for buffers that update their content > according to the current buffer (like Speedbar and ECB). Besides this kin= d > of use, when do you prefer frames instead of windows? At my job, I have a dual monitor setup (16:9 24" + 4:3 20"). I split my left monitor into two window stacks with i3wm, then put an Emacs frame in each stack. This gives me roughly 100-character-wide frames which happily coincides with my team=E2=80=99s coding standard. This way, I can work with up to 4 buffers when necessary, or independently switch any of the stacks to a different application (xterm or Firefox or whatever).