Re: Use of dedicated windows in gdb-mi.el

[martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>]

 > I know Martin doesn't like this concept, but in any case, if we could
 > try and arrange for gdb-mi to mark its windows as softly dedicated,
 > I think it would solve your use case.

On Thu, 06 May 2010 10:22:11 +0200 I tried to answer you as follows:

 > > I know you think dedicated windows suck and that I like them so much
 > > that "when you have a hammer everything looks like a nail", but I think
 > > this is really a good case to mark the window dedicated.  I'm not sure
 > > whether set-window-configuration would do the right thing currently
 > > (kill the window if the buffer died), but if it doesn't, it'd be
 > > a clear bug that needs fixing.
 >
 > I don't think that dedicated windows suck and even went so far as to
 > give them an entire section in the Elisp manual ;-)
 >
 > On the average, 50% of my windows are dedicated and they suit my needs
 > well.  So I think that hardly anyone out there uses dedicated windows
 > more than me.

And if you look at `window-preserve-size' you may observe that it's a
"soft" variant of fixed-size windows.  So I even adopted your concept in
a different context ;-)

martin