From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
To: joakim@verona.se
Cc: emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Neat features in Eclipse editor
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:50:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47E635FA.7010400@gmx.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m34pax4vhr.fsf@verona.se>
joakim@verona.se schrieb:
> Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org> writes:
>
>
>>>>* "Perspectives" are named persistent window configurations. We have
>>>>had the window configuration mechanism in GNU Emacs since the
>>>>beginning but we have never developed a good user interface to take
>>>>advantage of them. Eclipse's user interface seems to be good.
>
>
> Eclipse, and nearly all other IDE:s also have the feature that the main
> frame is sub-divided in minor frames that dont affect each other.
>
> That is, I have an editor sub-frame, and a compilation message sub-frame
> etc. If I remove an editor tab in the editor sub-frame, this doesnt
> affect the other parts of the master frame.
>
> The Emacs ECB package is designed to do all of this in Emacs. It has been
> discussed for inclusion. It uses lots and lots of advice to achive the
> sub-frame feature. Recently I did a small review of the code to see if
> it would be possible for me to remove the advice, by providing suitable
> hooks in Emacs. It did not apear immediately obvious how to do this.
>
> I'm now thinking it would be easier to start by providing a C
> level interface, and then adjust the ECB to use this interface.
>
> Heres what I thought could be done:
>
> - Create a new Emacs window object called a sub-frame. This sits between
> frames and windows. It nominaly provides a list of windows like a frame
> does and is normaly the same list of windows the frame has. A frame can
> have several sub-frames, but at the start only one. When no sub-frame
> features are used, emacs behaves exactly as it does today.
>
> - as an example, I now create 2 subframes called left and right. When
> I'm in the left sub-frame and do other-window, I only jump between
> windows in the left sub-frame. Likewise for the right sub-frame. When I
> do delete-other-windows, only other windows in the sub-frame goes away.
>
> Again, this is achieved by all window functions looking at the list of
> windows in the sub-frame structure rather than the frame structure.
>
> Moving between sub-frames needs a new function similar to other-frame.
>
> Does this sound at all feasible?
>
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Thread overview: 141+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-03-22 21:45 Neat features in Eclipse editor Richard Stallman
2008-03-22 21:56 ` Chong Yidong
2008-03-22 21:36 ` Tom Tromey
2008-03-22 23:09 ` Leo
2008-03-23 14:18 ` William Xu
2008-03-23 2:27 ` Juri Linkov
2008-03-23 9:53 ` joakim
2008-03-23 10:50 ` martin rudalics [this message]
2008-03-23 10:54 ` martin rudalics
2008-03-23 19:35 ` John S. Yates, Jr.
2008-03-23 19:39 ` Thomas Lord
2008-03-23 21:06 ` John S. Yates, Jr.
2008-03-23 21:42 ` Thomas Lord
2008-03-23 19:49 ` Drew Adams
2008-03-25 8:11 ` dtm
2008-03-24 0:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-03-24 0:54 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-24 19:02 ` joakim
2008-03-25 1:06 ` Bastien
2008-03-25 18:31 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-25 19:19 ` Rajappa Iyer
2008-03-26 1:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-03-26 4:46 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-25 1:50 ` Richard Stallman
2008-04-18 13:25 ` joakim
2008-04-19 2:23 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-24 0:53 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-24 18:47 ` paul r
2008-03-25 1:50 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-25 3:53 ` Window configuration UI (was: Neat features in Eclipse editor) Stefan Monnier
2008-03-25 10:54 ` Window configuration UI Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-25 18:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-03-26 4:47 ` Window configuration UI (was: Neat features in Eclipse editor) Richard Stallman
2008-03-26 9:41 ` Window configuration UI Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-26 22:26 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-27 2:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-03-27 19:41 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-29 16:27 ` Michael Sperber
2008-03-31 2:41 ` Window configuration UI (was: Neat features in Eclipse editor) Nick Roberts
2008-03-31 16:25 ` Richard Stallman
2008-04-01 3:00 ` Window configuration UI Stefan Monnier
2008-04-01 21:04 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-25 10:08 ` Neat features in Eclipse editor paul r
2008-03-25 10:55 ` David Reitter
2008-03-25 11:35 ` paul r
2008-03-25 21:00 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-25 22:10 ` paul r
2008-03-26 1:50 ` Robert J. Chassell
2008-03-26 22:26 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-25 21:01 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-25 21:16 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-25 23:17 ` Mike Mattie
2008-03-26 2:23 ` Evans Winner
2008-03-26 7:09 ` Jan Djärv
2008-03-26 7:18 ` Drew Adams
2008-03-26 22:25 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-26 22:38 ` Sebastian Rose
2008-03-26 22:57 ` paul r
2008-03-26 23:20 ` Sebastian Rose
2008-03-27 6:57 ` David Kastrup
2008-03-27 0:22 ` Mike Mattie
2008-03-27 0:17 ` Mike Mattie
2008-03-27 19:41 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-27 20:18 ` Sebastian Rose
2008-03-27 0:18 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-25 0:48 ` Bastien
2008-03-24 1:51 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-03-24 12:29 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-24 18:24 ` joakim
2008-03-25 1:50 ` Richard Stallman
2008-04-06 20:52 ` Tab bar (was: Neat features in Eclipse editor) Juri Linkov
2008-04-06 23:07 ` Tab bar David Koppelman
2008-04-06 23:48 ` Juri Linkov
2008-04-07 0:05 ` David Koppelman
2008-04-07 0:32 ` Juri Linkov
2008-04-07 14:59 ` Richard Stallman
2008-04-07 23:27 ` Juri Linkov
2008-04-08 15:35 ` Richard Stallman
2008-04-08 15:50 ` Jason Rumney
2008-04-08 16:58 ` Drew Adams
2008-04-09 10:33 ` Richard Stallman
2008-04-09 23:27 ` Juri Linkov
2008-04-07 14:59 ` Richard Stallman
2008-04-07 15:33 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-04-07 23:31 ` Juri Linkov
2008-04-08 0:21 ` Drew Adams
2008-04-08 2:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-04-08 22:11 ` Juri Linkov
2008-04-09 2:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-04-09 8:45 ` Juri Linkov
2008-04-09 9:34 ` Paul R
2008-04-09 14:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-04-08 13:58 ` Andrew W. Nosenko
2008-04-08 14:21 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-04-08 15:55 ` Paul R
2008-04-08 16:04 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-04-08 16:24 ` Paul R
2008-04-08 16:25 ` Andrew W. Nosenko
2008-04-08 20:10 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-04-08 21:16 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-04-08 21:47 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-04-09 2:50 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-04-09 8:50 ` Juri Linkov
2008-04-09 7:55 ` Jason Rumney
2008-04-09 10:34 ` Richard Stallman
2008-04-09 14:59 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-04-08 22:09 ` Juri Linkov
2008-04-09 8:12 ` Andreas Schwab
2008-04-09 8:52 ` Juri Linkov
2008-04-08 16:50 ` Ehud Karni
2008-04-07 16:09 ` Drew Adams
2008-04-07 16:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-04-07 23:35 ` Juri Linkov
2008-04-08 15:36 ` Richard Stallman
2008-04-09 1:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-04-09 10:34 ` Richard Stallman
2008-04-07 23:28 ` Juri Linkov
2008-04-07 1:37 ` Tab bar (was: Neat features in Eclipse editor) Drew Adams
2008-04-07 14:59 ` Richard Stallman
2008-04-07 16:09 ` Drew Adams
2008-04-07 23:35 ` Mathias Dahl
2008-04-07 23:33 ` Tab bar Juri Linkov
2008-04-07 15:00 ` Tab bar (was: Neat features in Eclipse editor) Richard Stallman
2008-04-07 23:59 ` Tab bar David De La Harpe Golden
2008-04-08 22:06 ` Juri Linkov
2008-04-09 1:07 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-04-09 8:48 ` Juri Linkov
2008-04-09 9:24 ` David Kastrup
2008-04-09 23:28 ` Juri Linkov
2008-04-10 6:11 ` Jan Djärv
2008-04-10 7:31 ` Jason Rumney
2008-04-10 7:44 ` Jason Rumney
2008-04-10 8:08 ` Jan Djärv
2008-04-10 15:31 ` Richard Stallman
2008-04-10 23:11 ` Juri Linkov
2008-04-12 0:10 ` Richard Stallman
2008-04-09 9:45 ` Paul R
2008-04-09 23:29 ` Juri Linkov
2008-04-10 8:09 ` Paul R
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-03-28 1:49 Neat features in Eclipse editor Josh Gilbert
2008-03-28 23:54 ` Richard Stallman
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