From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
To: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Working with one buffer in two frames/windows
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:06:06 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080713130606.GA1076@muc.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86tzew3d1c.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz>
Hi, David and everybody else,
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 12:55:59PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
> Hi,
> it is annoyingly impossible to keep working with two views of the same
> buffer. For example, say that I have a file text.tex open in two frames
> since I want to work on two different locations of it via
> comparison/cut&paste/whatever.
Just a slight clarification: the problems are as bad with two views of a
file in two windows within one frame.
> Now I type M-x gnus RET, read news and quit again. As a consequence, a
> totally unrelated buffer pops up. And of course, when I get back the
> buffer again (which is not the default offered), the window point is
> lost and replaced by that of the other frame that is still on.
> That is quite a nuisance.
I disagree somewhat on this point. It is an enormous pain in the cdr,
not "quite a nuisance".
> Are there some ways to make a two-view setup less ephemeral?
I'd like to throw the following idea into the ring for discussion:
Change the 'buffer-list' frame parameter (page "Buffer Parameters" in the
elisp manual) from:
`buffer-list'
A list of buffers that have been selected in this frame, ordered
most-recently-selected first.
to:
`buffer-list'
A list of information about buffers that have been selected in this
frame, ordered most-recently-selected first. There is one entry
for each buffer, which looks like this: (BUFFER, POINT, .....)
, where "...." needs to be thought about. Possibly it could contain
details of the window size, and where in the window point is. This
information would then be used by C-x k, C-x 4 b, and the like.
> David Kastrup
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-13 13:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-11 10:55 Working with one buffer in two frames/windows David Kastrup
2008-07-11 11:28 ` David Hansen
2008-07-12 2:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-07-12 8:21 ` David Kastrup
2008-07-12 10:40 ` martin rudalics
2008-07-12 11:02 ` David Kastrup
2008-07-12 12:22 ` martin rudalics
2008-07-12 20:40 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-07-12 20:41 ` David Kastrup
2008-07-12 22:53 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-07-12 21:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-07-13 13:06 ` Alan Mackenzie [this message]
2008-07-14 1:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-07-22 5:45 ` Vincent Belaïche
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