From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Tabbed buffers Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:10:05 +1300 Message-ID: <18331.59389.833944.825775@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <18330.23354.579245.68671@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <87ejc5sf4l.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <18330.29609.396872.678539@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <87wspxqwjv.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87wspwslce.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87fxwknjwa.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <18331.58222.273655.550424@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <87y7acm3m3.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1201401738 17487 80.91.229.12 (27 Jan 2008 02:42:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 02:42:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 27 03:42:37 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JIxTh-0007uq-4J for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:42:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JIxTG-0004uX-Ay for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:42:10 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JIxTC-0004tP-Dn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:42:06 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JIxTA-0004t7-0F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:42:05 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JIxT9-0004t4-Qp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:42:03 -0500 Original-Received: from viper.snap.net.nz ([202.37.101.8]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JIxT2-0001nk-QJ; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:41:57 -0500 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (194.31.255.123.static.snap.net.nz [123.255.31.194]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 703283DA124; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:10:11 +1300 (NZDT) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 802388FC6D; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:10:08 +1300 (NZDT) In-Reply-To: <87y7acm3m3.fsf@catnip.gol.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 23.0.50.37 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:87623 Archived-At: > > I don't agree, there seems to a direct correspondence with creating a new > > frame: > > Er, but creating a new frame is an explicit user action, and somewhat > heavyweight... I'm not sure what you mean by heavyweight but it sounds negative. If you just mean the user must do something like press some keys or click the mouse then that's true for most of Emacs. If he would prefer a more passive experience he really needs to find another activity like watching television. -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob