Re: Using several frames on TTYs, switching them, terminology: [Is also: Tabbed buffers]

From: "T. V. Raman" <raman@users.sf.net>
To: eliz@gnu.org
Cc: acm@muc.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Using several frames on TTYs, switching them, terminology: [Is also: Tabbed buffers]
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:32:26 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <18338.37578.204371.768021@gargle.gargle.HOWL> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <u3asjkn3w.fsf@gnu.org>

and I can vouch for this, it  works well.
I use it all  the time

>>>>> "Eli" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
    >> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:55:38 +0000 From: Alan Mackenzie
    >> <acm@muc.de> Cc: nickrob@snap.net.nz, miles@gnu.org,
    >> emacs-devel@gnu.org
    >> 
    >> Actually, you may be right.  The mechanism for switching
    >> frames (C-x 5 o, repeated ad nauseam till you finally
    >> reach the frame you're looking for) is so broken as to be
    >> unusable, at least for me.
    Eli> 
    Eli> A solution has been in existence for that problem for a
    Eli> very long time: give your frame a name with "M-x
    Eli> set-frame-name RET FOO RET", then select it with "M-x
    Eli> select-frame-by-name RET FOO RET".  Puff!  problem gone.
    Eli> 
    Eli> 
    Eli> _______________________________________________
    Eli> Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org
    Eli> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel

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