From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Windows' "split status" Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:37:21 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87y5vhs04e.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: <87vcqqoekt.fsf@gnu.org> <4EBD6B63.4050607@gmx.at> <87vcqq6utg.fsf@gnu.org> <4EBE4414.10009@gmx.at> <87d3cwr9hc.fsf@gnu.org> <4EBFA0AF.7000608@gmx.at> <87obwgatpy.fsf@gnu.org> <4EBFFBA5.1000309@gmx.at> <87hb26gdx8.fsf@gnu.org> <4EC213EA.4080304@gmx.at> <871ut9n2rr.fsf@gnu.org> <4EC2820E.7010401@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1321382532 5795 80.91.229.12 (15 Nov 2011 18:42:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:42:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 15 19:42:08 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 1RQNxP-00079T-W0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:42:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59832 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQNxP-0005LR-Hq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:42:07 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:48428) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQNxN-0005Kp-2l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:42:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQNxM-0002dt-7G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:42:05 -0500 Original-Received: from smarty.dreamhost.com ([208.113.175.8]:60337) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQNxK-0002dU-2n; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:42:02 -0500 Original-Received: from ps18281.dreamhostps.com (ps18281.dreamhost.com [69.163.218.105]) by smarty.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 208CB6E8096; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:42:00 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from localhost (ps18281.dreamhostps.com [69.163.218.105]) by ps18281.dreamhostps.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB560451C3DB; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:41:51 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4EC2820E.7010401@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:15:26 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.91 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 208.113.175.8 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:146043 Archived-At: >> An alternative term might be window-combination-max-size. > > It would be a better name. Can't you think of a similar term which > doesn't imply a numerical value? `window-combination-constraint'. Such a general name could define any restrictions: `t' to always create a new internal window; a number to limit the number of children; even a predicate function when necessary. This also will reduce the diversity of window terminology by removing the term `window nest' in favor of `window combination'.