From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: When do you prefer frames instead of windows? Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 12:47:21 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1416851466 22835 80.91.229.3 (24 Nov 2014 17:51:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:51:06 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 24 18:51:00 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 1Xsxms-0003zA-Ik for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 18:50:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53848 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xsxms-0002QO-6s for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 12:50:58 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!barmar.motzarella.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 29 Injection-Info: barmar.motzarella.org; posting-host="2be9e9f5dd9af768b8861af71b85fc28"; logging-data="15929"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX186geczQAcfBMRm/YTiniY+" User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) Cancel-Lock: sha1:IJ/+oCbuBLVNvki+w4tK9WpUg4o= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:208852 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:101132 Archived-At: In article , Drew Adams 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? > > Personally, almost always. A window-manager window (Emacs frame) > is more flexible than an Emacs window - more features/possibilities. > > Emacs windows were conceived long, long ago - before window > managers were supported/recognized by Emacs and even, for the > most part, before they existed. They are vestigial organs that > have some limited uses but are generally not the best way to > interact, IMO. Yes, they came about on ASCII terminals, long before graphical interfaces became common. Since I've been using Emacs since those days, I long got used to using a single frame with Emacs windows in it. Now, even though I use it on a Mac with a wide screen, I still can't get into the habit of using multiple frames. -- Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***