From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Windows' "split status" Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:49:19 +0100 Message-ID: <4EBFA0AF.7000608@gmx.at> References: <87vcqqoekt.fsf@gnu.org> <4EBD6B63.4050607@gmx.at> <87vcqq6utg.fsf@gnu.org> <4EBE4414.10009@gmx.at> <87d3cwr9hc.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1321181375 12257 80.91.229.12 (13 Nov 2011 10:49:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:49:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 13 11:49:31 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RPXcw-0000mr-Lf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:49:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34847 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RPXcw-0002BE-2m for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:49:30 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:53058) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RPXct-0002Ax-6Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:49:28 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RPXcr-00042l-8n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:49:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23]:33169) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RPXcq-00042b-Pq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:49:25 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 13 Nov 2011 10:49:21 -0000 Original-Received: from 62-47-48-44.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.48.44]) [62.47.48.44] by mail.gmx.net (mp071) with SMTP; 13 Nov 2011 11:49:21 +0100 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/vhDRHBMHvBIqrvMb6Rc2FadckgXw3lz8HtINjO2 TXOs4zzIF23rWo User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) In-Reply-To: <87d3cwr9hc.fsf@gnu.org> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 213.165.64.23 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:146028 Archived-At: > What about the nest status? Is there any reason that needs to stick > around? To avoid that recombine_windows removes a parent window that glues windows together. That's needed for implementing atomic and side windows which then would work only with `window-nest' permanently t. We could remove the defcustom for `window-nest' if you think it contradicts the programmed use of this variable. martin