From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Slass Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: dedicated frames - not quite special-display Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 14:56:12 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1032361575 30860 127.0.0.1 (18 Sep 2002 15:06:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 15:06:15 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17rgP8-00081a-00 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 17:06:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17rgPH-0007t1-00; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 11:06:23 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!nntp.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!wn3feed!wn2feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi_feed4!attbi.com!sccrnsc01.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 18 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.228.19.12 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com Original-X-Trace: sccrnsc01 1032360972 12.228.19.12 (Wed, 18 Sep 2002 14:56:12 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 14:56:12 GMT Original-Xref: nntp.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:105030 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:1584 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:1584 "Joe Casadonte" writes: >I'm looking for something like the special-display function, but with >a twist. I would like to dedicate a frame to a *list* of buffers >(preferably defined with a regexp), such that the frame can only >display those buffers. An example would be a gnus-only frame, where >it could display all gnus buffers within it (and bbdb and ispell), but >not be able to switch to a java file. > >Does such a creature exist? Thanks! > What a great idea! I wonder if you could develop a framework based on advising switch-to-buffer? Before jumping in to this, I'd wait to see if the gurus know of an easier way. -- Mike Slass