From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Xavier Maillard Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Tabs in Emacs? Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:20:12 +0100 Organization: GNU's Not UNIX! Message-ID: <200911181720.nAIHKC2w012289@fed.local> References: <4B029686.8080705@alice.it> <7b501d5c0911170532i5620ce86w57507fa95eecb1dc@mail.gmail.com> <200911172343.nAHNhjaV007564@fed.local> <87einwfvcv.fsf@catnip.gol.com> Reply-To: Xavier Maillard NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1258564810 10376 80.91.229.12 (18 Nov 2009 17:20:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:20:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, angelo.graziosi@alice.it, deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 18 18:20:02 2009 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 1NAoCH-0001f6-48 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:20:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37028 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NAoCG-0005FQ-UF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:20:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NAoCA-0005EC-7G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:19:54 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NAoC5-0005Dk-P9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:19:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57885 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NAoC5-0005Dh-J1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:19:49 -0500 Original-Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.28]:44498) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NAoC2-0005E9-9V; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:19:46 -0500 Original-Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8CD3C0A51; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:19:45 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:19:45 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=date:message-id:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:subject:reply-to:references; s=smtpout; bh=D+dK6XUpRcnN5c51w8H9U5xI34g=; b=oJATPhZJ1zzfVrdQ6sFNFU3bYqfz3VPxwyGbMtmVKx6ZaU32KJnDFGXLxh8X6o/sDPfK5Tblm6rKitoyTzS9dJ4rKiP9t6WiB07I92l4zGPUEtuF00PDmLg0UkRPbXZ23L82Wkp6JzzRxMZ10H3R9oW2glOIJyHV5B2KxRXidC4= X-Sasl-enc: suDOkNFbL4l5Q/hF3mqtp7atznwJiz9nzohvB9FEldzm 1258564785 Original-Received: from fed.local (cha51-2-82-244-211-40.fbx.proxad.net [82.244.211.40]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2BCD010769; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:19:45 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from fed.local (fed.local [127.0.0.1]) by fed.local (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nAIHKCSW012293 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:20:12 +0100 Original-Received: (from xavier@localhost) by fed.local (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nAIHKC2w012289; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:20:12 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: fed.local: xavier set sender to xma@gnu.org using -f In-reply-to: <87einwfvcv.fsf@catnip.gol.com> (message from Miles Bader on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:57:20 +0900) User-Agent: Rmail GNU emacs 23.1 on cat: /etc/slackware-version: No such file or directory Jabber-ID: xavier@maillard.im X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:117189 Archived-At: Xavier Maillard writes: > Why would someone need tabs in GNU Emacs exactly ? I am > curious. Buffers and related functions (browsing, navigating, > filtering ... ) are so powerful that I do not clearly understand > the need for such features. If implemented well, tabs can be a nice visual reminder of recently used buffers and UI for simple and quick mouse use. Hum yes. I am always in the linux console thus I do not need more stuff. But I am pretty sure that even in X, I would not run the graphic toolkit ;). Sorry for the digression. Xavier -- http://www.gnu.org http://www.april.org http://www.lolica.org