From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: special buffer frames again Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 15:29:02 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1178048045 17965 80.91.229.12 (1 May 2007 19:34:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 19:34:05 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 01 21:34:02 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hiy6r-00020P-O1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 May 2007 21:34:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HiyDB-0006sc-Qc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 May 2007 15:40:33 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newshub.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.umontreal.ca!news.umontreal.ca.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 14:29:02 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:WgyWwM3naFxHnBCsuZaYX0klGN8= Original-Lines: 15 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.27.213 Original-X-Trace: sv3-yYNq4w37pvQH8xXxRTSm7HFRuVKnZFH2YRG79wi3vPXlJIklXJIaSyRW9xo8ClJEg+pCBkAkYbHhGMw!KIbRyGuBEcK7LpoNORFOZchnpgzqMwQRwTHlz7SQ27cU0mgDCTOfouNrrjs/uZMV3IlQmlMjGs20!EH/vyNfiHzO1QPz1mw== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.34 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:147846 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:43448 Archived-At: > My typical work session on emacs lately involves an R buffer, a few R > scripts, multiple .tex buffers, various log/message buffers associated > with ESS and TeX, a shell buffer... This is usually displayed with one or > two windows, as I transfer info between buffers, particularly between > R and its scripts. iswitchb makes for relatively easy management of > all the various buffers, but having a help or completion buffer split > my screen is still annoying, and it would be much preferable to dump > these temporary buffers into a temporary frame, as long as I can then > control the behaviour of that frame. Have you tried a scheme such as the one provided by framepop.el? I.e. have a frame dedicated to such temporary buffers? Stefan