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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:124293 Archived-At: > A window-tree format is good for androids. But for human beings it is > too complicated. Please see how ECB defines window configurations as > a plain list of function calls because it is more simple and convenient > for human users: > > (ecb-set-directories-buffer) > (ecb-split-ver 0.3) > (ecb-set-sources-buffer) > (ecb-split-ver 0.5) > (ecb-set-methods-buffer) > (select-window (previous-window)) > (ecb-split-hor 0.5) > (ecb-set-history-buffer) Perhaps then I am an android. I look at that code and it takes me quite a while to decide that the window-tree it produces (as I defined it) is (I think) (nil # 0.15 # 0.3 (t # 0.5 #)) ...assuming that ecb-split-{ver,hor} is just C-x {2,3} with the divide placed the argument fraction of the way {down,right} the original window. On the other hand I find interpreting the window-tree easy because I can just read it rather than tracing through it. Davis -- This product is sold by volume, not by mass. If it appears too dense or too sparse, it is because mass-energy conversion has occurred during shipping.