From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Chris F.A. Johnson" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: When do you prefer frames instead of windows? Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 16:02:39 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1417122185 1734 80.91.229.3 (27 Nov 2014 21:03:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 21:03:05 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 27 22:03:00 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 1Xu6DM-0004T4-0X for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Nov 2014 22:03:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41498 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xu6DL-0007wz-J0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Nov 2014 16:02:59 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46322) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xu6D7-0007wt-NJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Nov 2014 16:02:50 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xu6D3-0000gf-59 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Nov 2014 16:02:45 -0500 Original-Received: from a0i402.smtpcorp.com ([216.22.15.234]:56825) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xu6D3-0000g4-0K for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Nov 2014 16:02:41 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=smtpcorp.com; s=a0_1; h=Feedback-ID:X-Smtpcorp-Track:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=h8zXTAUFLKUXCQGlP2cKjPUkBi6VZyC9QY2Hze9lW8w=; b=FrwoqEnSmpnDuN4kEuBoQvH8G8FW1trSytCVQqt4Wdent9LmZyjDt/s4/WsyB48T+UBC0R6P3Jo3pIXwCxsiOWExdqEkLuOKCLLEKyMAw/5k8vwCD3qdSsztUwhcVivS98GhpHonHYc6Py4CUMkswcc95AD87zOX5lX+CWys8nA=; X-X-Sender: chris@chris.tor In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Alpine 2.10 (DEB 1266 2009-07-14) X-Smtpcorp-Track: 1bI6D04gfJHt0M.d4Fv3VuqI Feedback-ID: 124612m:124612a-vpTX9:124612sQcLuRX1QE:SMTPCORP X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 216.22.15.234 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:101243 Archived-At: On Mon, 24 Nov 2014, 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 kind of > use, when do you prefer frames instead of windows? I use a new frame only when I want it on a different workspace. I use a second (or, occasionally, a third) window when I need to refer to one buffer while working in another (e.g. http://t.cfaj.ca/emacs-cv.jpg). Other than that, I use multiple buffers, often having as many as 50 open at once. -- Chris F.A. Johnson,