From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: grischka Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Window configurations Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 15:32:08 +0200 Message-ID: <4BED50D8.1070409@gmx.de> References: 4BE900E7.3090402@gmx.at <4BE96186.7060504@gmx.de> <4BEA74B7.2070609@gmx.at> <4BEA8D2D.4090109@gmx.de> <4BEAA73F.4060608@gmx.at> <4BEAF487.1070605@gmx.de> <4BEBD2E3.8020200@gmx.at> <4BEBE52D.5080102@gmx.de> <4BEC0458.8050600@gmx.at> <4BEC3321.8010208@gmx.de> <4BECF494.8060702@gmx.at> <4BED291E.6020601@gmx.de> <4BED37E4.2020005@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1273845326 10754 80.91.229.12 (14 May 2010 13:55:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 13:55:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 14 15:55:24 2010 connect(): No such file or directory 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OCvMJ-0005Rt-UU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 May 2010 15:55:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53625 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OCvBD-0001eR-Vv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 May 2010 09:43:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=55837 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OCuzz-00038E-9Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 May 2010 09:32:20 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OCuzy-0003gB-42 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 May 2010 09:32:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:60627) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OCuzx-0003fz-NX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 May 2010 09:32:18 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 14 May 2010 13:32:15 -0000 Original-Received: from 184.121.113.82.net.de.o2.com (EHLO [10.54.27.135]) [82.113.121.184] by mail.gmx.net (mp036) with SMTP; 14 May 2010 15:32:15 +0200 X-Authenticated: #18588216 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18V2pdiihkVmj3MrKjXmtT9hWA/JXFgGQTQIz1w03 9OrwrCPgPRDPGk User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) In-Reply-To: <4BED37E4.2020005@gmx.at> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.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:124772 Archived-At: martin rudalics wrote: > > If is no necessary to save windows. You'd just use the same configuration > > to show the same buffers, i.e. throw them at "display-buffer" which calls > > into your window manager which will create windows in the same place as before > > by definition, because to do this is the whole point of it: To make sure > > that same (class of) content is presented to the user in the same trusty > > topological position always. > > `display-buffer' is completely untrustworthy in this regard. The > trustworthy primitives to do what you mean are `split-window' and > `set-window-buffer'. No. Sometimes I write what I mean and obviously the "display-buffer" function that calls into an emacs window manager has to be different from the one that we already know. --- grischka