From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Layered display API Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 18:29:22 +0300 Message-ID: <83ha1gif1p.fsf@gnu.org> References: <86tx5r7l1j.fsf@yandex.ru> <53E097F7.5050407@gmx.at> <53E0ABF9.7070506@yandex.ru> <8338dbqcai.fsf@gnu.org> <53E14AF4.6050804@yandex.ru> <83k36mpbxg.fsf@gnu.org> <53E22245.4070307@yandex.ru> <8361i5pmch.fsf@gnu.org> <53E294BD.1000500@yandex.ru> <837g2knwb2.fsf@gnu.org> <53E818F0.2080104@yandex.ru> <8361hzjciv.fsf@gnu.org> <53EAD0B1.1010405@yandex.ru> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1407943783 26982 80.91.229.3 (13 Aug 2014 15:29:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:29:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rudalics@gmx.at, emacs-devel@gnu.org, dgutov@yandex.ru To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 13 17:29:38 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XHaUc-0005qI-4M for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 17:29:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48126 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHaUb-0002w1-N3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:29:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58431) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHaUT-0002qK-E1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:29:34 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHaUO-0005qI-Md for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:29:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout23.012.net.il ([80.179.55.175]:60788) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHaUO-0005q2-ES for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:29:24 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout23.012.net.il by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NA900I003YT8Y00@a-mtaout23.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 18:29:23 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NA900I2C4CY6D70@a-mtaout23.012.net.il>; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 18:29:23 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.175 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:173627 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Cc: Eli Zaretskii , rudalics@gmx.at, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 08:46:59 -0400 > > From a display point of view, I think the "tty menus" approach is indeed > the cleanest solution when running on a tty. But they can't be used > as-is for lack of flexibility w.r.t key-bindings and appearance (we > don't really need borders for Company menus, but we do need control > over colors). > > In a GUI frame, OTOH, we'd be much better off with a GUI window > (something akin to a tooltip frame). I agree.