From: Thomas Lord <lord@emf.net>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
Cc: rms@gnu.org, cyd@stupidchicken.com,
Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>,
joakim@verona.se, emacs-devel@gnu.org, rudalics@gmx.at,
monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, acm@muc.de, drew.adams@oracle.com
Subject: Re: Infrastructural complexity.
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:18:39 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1248034719.6319.15.camel@dell-desktop.example.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87vdlo5xzi.fsf@mail.jurta.org>
On Sun, 2009-07-19 at 21:23 +0300, Juri Linkov wrote:
> > Why should they need menu bars and tool bars etc? I think they would
> > be useful without it.
>
> Have you seen Eclipse screenshots? Eclipse and other IDE framelets have
> tool bars and tab bars.
This is more idle brainstorming than anything else:
Some quick thoughts about how I think about this design
space:
1) A useful concept is that toolbars, tab bars, and menu
bars are all "virtual input devices". Their main function
is to give users a way to generate a distinct class of input
event types. This concept is reflected in the existing
support, of course, but it's useful to state it explicitly.
What kinds of "virtual input device" we have is necessarily
kind of ad hoc but that's ok because having just a few, general
purpose ad hoc virtual input devices goes a long way in terms
of utility.
2) We don't have to slavishly follow Eclipse or another
program to determine our list of virtual input devices.
When we pick virtual input device types and their behavior,
whenever possible, virtual input devices that make some sense
on plain-text smart terminals are extra nifty to have.
Given Emacs' huge command set, I'd really like to see a
virtual input device that resembled, say, the command menu
system of old PC programs like Lotus whatsit or any of the
spreadsheet programs. This also resembles the command
menu interfaces of some HP calculators, as I recall. Basically,
a narrow area for listing a thin menu of commands but with a
"tree structure" so you can dig down to sub-commands or pop
back up to parent menus. With a "home" or "clear" command for
getting back to the root of the command tree.
-t
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2009-07-12 14:41 Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!! Alan Mackenzie
2009-07-12 16:39 ` Chong Yidong
2009-07-12 18:06 ` Alan Mackenzie
2009-07-12 18:30 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2009-07-12 21:39 ` Alan Mackenzie
2009-07-12 22:22 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-13 7:36 ` Alan Mackenzie
2009-07-13 7:50 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-17 0:18 ` Add file-locals and dir-locals (was: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!) Juri Linkov
2009-07-17 7:57 ` Add file-locals and dir-locals martin rudalics
2009-07-17 9:43 ` Juri Linkov
2009-07-18 13:48 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-18 21:54 ` Juri Linkov
2009-07-19 10:38 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-19 18:12 ` Juri Linkov
2009-07-20 12:30 ` Leo
2009-07-22 0:21 ` Juri Linkov
2009-07-22 3:49 ` Leo
2009-08-04 23:59 ` Juri Linkov
2009-08-05 1:57 ` Leo
2009-08-05 21:52 ` Juri Linkov
2009-08-05 23:14 ` Leo
2009-08-06 20:36 ` Juri Linkov
2009-08-07 1:18 ` Leo
2009-08-08 8:18 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2009-08-08 11:28 ` Juri Linkov
2009-08-08 19:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-08 20:43 ` Juri Linkov
2009-08-08 21:26 ` Leo
2009-08-08 21:45 ` Juri Linkov
2009-08-08 21:58 ` Drew Adams
2009-08-09 3:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-09 8:29 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-09 1:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-17 15:48 ` David Kastrup
2009-07-17 23:06 ` Juri Linkov
2009-07-12 18:37 ` Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!! Chong Yidong
2009-07-12 21:21 ` Alan Mackenzie
2009-07-12 21:33 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-12 21:45 ` Alan Mackenzie
2009-07-12 21:48 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-13 3:23 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-07-13 3:51 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-13 5:07 ` tomas
2009-07-13 3:23 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2009-07-13 7:16 ` Alan Mackenzie
2009-07-13 4:24 ` Chong Yidong
2009-07-13 4:37 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-13 6:22 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-07-13 8:19 ` Alan Mackenzie
2009-07-13 8:45 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-13 13:13 ` Chong Yidong
2009-07-13 15:05 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-13 9:18 ` Ken Raeburn
2009-07-13 10:47 ` Jason Rumney
2009-07-13 11:42 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-07-13 15:11 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-13 8:25 ` Alan Mackenzie
2009-07-13 8:48 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-13 9:25 ` Chad Brown
2009-07-13 20:03 ` Juri Linkov
2009-07-13 21:15 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-14 0:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-16 0:30 ` Juri Linkov
2009-07-16 13:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-16 20:48 ` Juri Linkov
2009-07-16 21:11 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-17 3:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-17 9:42 ` Juri Linkov
2009-07-18 21:55 ` Juri Linkov
2009-07-13 9:26 ` Ken Raeburn
2009-07-13 2:08 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2009-07-13 5:09 ` Jason Rumney
2009-07-13 8:41 ` Alan Mackenzie
2009-07-14 16:22 ` Alan Mackenzie
2009-07-14 18:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-14 20:11 ` Patch: " Alan Mackenzie
2009-07-15 7:55 ` Jan Djärv
2009-07-15 19:00 ` Alan Mackenzie
2009-07-15 20:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-15 20:49 ` Chong Yidong
2009-07-18 12:51 ` Alan Mackenzie
2009-07-20 9:40 ` Jan Djärv
2009-07-20 19:43 ` Alan Mackenzie
2009-07-20 21:20 ` Jan Djärv
2009-07-14 0:32 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-14 6:04 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-07-14 6:58 ` Jan Djärv
2009-07-14 14:05 ` Davis Herring
2009-07-14 15:13 ` Alan Mackenzie
2009-07-14 15:45 ` Davis Herring
2009-07-14 19:47 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-16 0:31 ` Juri Linkov
2009-07-16 16:43 ` Drew Adams
2009-07-16 18:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-16 18:47 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-16 20:59 ` Juri Linkov
2009-07-16 21:19 ` Drew Adams
2009-07-16 21:29 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-16 22:00 ` Drew Adams
2009-07-16 20:09 ` Infrastructural complexity. [Was: Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!!] Alan Mackenzie
2009-07-16 20:36 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-16 20:57 ` Infrastructural complexity Juri Linkov
2009-07-16 21:28 ` Chong Yidong
2009-07-16 21:33 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-16 22:00 ` Drew Adams
2009-07-16 22:14 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-16 22:25 ` Drew Adams
2009-07-16 22:30 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-16 22:38 ` Drew Adams
2009-07-16 22:43 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-16 22:49 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-16 22:54 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-16 23:44 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-17 0:30 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-17 1:18 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-17 1:29 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-17 2:21 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-17 2:24 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-17 2:44 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-17 2:47 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-17 17:41 ` joakim
2009-07-17 18:46 ` Chong Yidong
2009-07-17 20:13 ` joakim
2009-07-17 23:02 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-17 23:49 ` Chong Yidong
2009-07-18 0:29 ` joakim
2009-07-20 2:38 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-20 4:59 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-20 7:31 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-18 0:05 ` joakim
2009-07-18 0:21 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-18 0:36 ` Leo
2009-07-18 22:06 ` Juri Linkov
2009-07-19 13:21 ` Leo
2009-07-19 15:10 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-19 20:05 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-18 8:18 ` joakim
2009-07-18 17:11 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-18 22:05 ` Juri Linkov
2009-07-19 0:07 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-19 18:23 ` Juri Linkov
2009-07-19 20:18 ` Thomas Lord [this message]
2009-07-19 20:57 ` Juri Linkov
2009-07-19 22:27 ` Thomas Lord
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2009-07-19 23:34 ` Drew Adams
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2009-07-19 4:37 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-19 1:14 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-19 1:48 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-19 4:01 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-20 5:45 ` 16 (Re: Infrastructural complexity.) Thomas Lord
2009-07-20 6:23 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-20 9:09 ` Thomas Lord
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2009-07-20 7:28 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-20 7:34 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-20 7:38 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-19 10:38 ` Infrastructural complexity martin rudalics
2009-07-19 11:12 ` joakim
2009-07-19 15:08 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-20 9:32 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-20 14:18 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-20 15:32 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-20 16:00 ` Chong Yidong
2009-07-20 16:30 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-20 19:02 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-20 22:08 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-20 22:45 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-20 23:00 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-21 9:39 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-21 10:28 ` Miles Bader
2009-07-21 13:26 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-21 16:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-21 17:17 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-21 17:25 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-22 14:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-22 14:59 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-22 18:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-23 9:26 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-23 15:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-23 15:24 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-23 17:40 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-23 18:56 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-23 19:13 ` joakim
2009-07-23 20:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-24 8:29 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-25 4:55 ` Richard Stallman
2009-07-25 8:54 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-25 14:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-25 17:11 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-26 14:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-26 15:13 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-21 17:06 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-22 10:12 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-22 15:32 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-22 17:07 ` Mathias Dahl
2009-07-21 16:59 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-21 17:25 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-21 18:15 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-22 10:12 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-22 16:28 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-22 18:23 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-22 19:04 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-23 9:24 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-23 18:51 ` Thomas Lord
2009-07-23 19:17 ` joakim
2009-07-23 19:49 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-23 20:35 ` joakim
2009-07-24 1:08 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-24 1:20 ` Thomas Lord
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2009-07-24 14:55 ` AW: " klaus.berndl
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2009-07-26 17:18 ` Thomas Lord
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2009-07-18 13:49 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-16 21:48 ` Juri Linkov
2009-07-18 13:48 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-18 21:57 ` Juri Linkov
2009-07-19 0:09 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-19 5:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-19 10:38 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-19 13:06 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-19 18:31 ` Juri Linkov
2009-07-19 21:36 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-19 23:11 ` Juri Linkov
2009-07-19 23:52 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-20 9:32 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-20 14:22 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-20 18:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-19 23:14 ` Juri Linkov
2009-07-20 9:33 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-22 0:38 ` Juri Linkov
2009-07-22 2:24 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-07-22 10:12 ` martin rudalics
2009-07-22 14:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-07-14 18:21 ` Blunderbuss ".dir-locals.el" raises everything in its path!! Stefan Monnier
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