From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: smart-frame-positioning Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:33:12 +0100 Message-ID: <8564om7m07.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <4C32A1CA-8191-4B94-BA8C-9F3FC7288C2F@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1137265672 18821 80.91.229.2 (14 Jan 2006 19:07:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:07:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: David Reitter , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 14 20:07:50 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Exqkd-00047i-1K for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 20:07:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Exqdg-0005Ok-SZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:00:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ExpJM-0000D3-GI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:35:32 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ExpJK-0000Cc-WE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:35:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ExpJK-0000CV-L3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:35:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1ExpMW-0002D6-Ij for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:38:48 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1ExpEW-0001TE-JH; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:30:32 -0500 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 2E82F1C4F93D; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:33:12 +0100 (CET) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Sat, 14 Jan 2006 11:14:13 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:49089 Archived-At: "Richard M. Stallman" writes: > I've got a mode here that positions newly opened frames > `intelligently' by looking at the position of the current frame. > > It sounds nice. It also sounds something which probably would need to work with window manager hints and stuff in order to play nice on most systems. Given that it is an optional package, however, I don't see much harm in putting it in. That's probably the easiest way to check out that it can provide a useful addition on more than one platform. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum