From: Ilya Zakharevich <nospam-abuse@ilyaz.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Using Emacs on small-display devices
Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 22:49:53 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrni08f8h.o6u.nospam-abuse@powdermilk.math.berkeley.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: jwvvda5ysn1.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org
On 2010-05-30, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>> I think the important things are the following abilities:
>> a) separate the message area and minibuffer;
> I don't think you can do that nowadays, although you get partway there
> by defadvicing `message' and then using something like tooltips for the
> echo area.
Interesting... Is the C code sanitized enough so that messaging from
it would be adviced too?
>> c) put a "pseudo-menubar" icon on modeline: clicking on it pops up a
>> popup-equivalent of menubar (i.e., vertical vs horizontal layout);
>
> That can be done fairly easily and cleanly (the mode-line already has
> some menus when you click for example on the major mode name).
> The "full menu bar, with different layout" is already available on
> C-mouse-3 by default, so you'd just have to bind it to a mode-line button.
Good, I somehow forgot about this popup!
>> d) ability to make a minibuffer overlaid "on top of" modeline, so it
>> does not take place when not needed.
>
> This one seems difficult to do.
Thinking about it more: minibuffer is ALREADY of variable height. The
default is 1. What I propose is essentially making the default height 0...
>> e) ability to make emacs full-screen (no border, no taskbar visible);
> I think we already support that cleanly, tho it depends on cooperation
> from the WM, of course.
Is it bound to a keypress? F11? ;-)
Thanks,
Ilya
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-31 22:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-30 5:27 Any way to bring minibuffer and modeline to the top? Ken Hori
2010-05-30 9:54 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-30 11:26 ` Stephen Berman
[not found] ` <mailman.2.1275213278.28424.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2010-05-30 19:17 ` Using Emacs on small-display devices Ilya Zakharevich
2010-05-30 21:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-05-31 22:49 ` Ilya Zakharevich [this message]
[not found] ` <jwvtypmk0pb.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org>
2010-06-01 23:53 ` Ilya Zakharevich
2010-06-02 0:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-06-02 5:48 ` Ilya Zakharevich
2010-06-02 14:38 ` Stefan Monnier
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