From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: FW: frame configuration, frame parameters - how about frame stacking order too? Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:44:10 -0700 Message-ID: <91769D8F5BC0432FB9F33B5E01924344@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1253227473 4719 80.91.229.12 (17 Sep 2009 22:44:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:44:33 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 18 00:44:26 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MoPiD-00026O-2Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:44:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45863 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MoPiC-0002bw-4O for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:44:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MoPi7-0002br-7K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:44:19 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MoPi1-0002ba-R8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:44:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33580 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MoPi1-0002bX-KN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:44:13 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet11.oracle.com ([148.87.113.123]:54281 helo=rgminet11.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MoPi1-0004m1-4T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:44:13 -0400 Original-Received: from rgminet15.oracle.com (rcsinet15.oracle.com [148.87.113.117]) by rgminet11.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n8HMivkI016046 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:44:58 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt003.oracle.com (abhmt003.oracle.com [141.146.116.12]) by rgminet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n8HMiAKJ032142 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:44:10 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.194) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:44:07 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcnWf+JWgoUS7RP1RxuN2Ofa9T2hoBhaGEWQ X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Source-IP: abhmt003.oracle.com [141.146.116.12] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090202.4AB2BBB8.006D:SCFSTAT5015188,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) 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:115441 Archived-At: Resending. ------------8<------------------- From: Drew Adams Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 4:42 PM A frame configuration saves the frame parameters of a set of frames. This information records, for each frame, whether it is visible, invisible, or iconified. But it does not record the frame stacking order: which frames are in front of which other frames. This is an important part of a user's idea of what a frame configuration should be: Restoring a frame config should restore the set of frames as they were when the config was saved, including their positions front to back. Feature request: Add this information to frame configs. Perhaps we could add to each frame, as a frame parameter, its current stacking order. Then we could perhaps make `set-frame-configuration' restore this saved order. I'm assuming this info can be obtained somehow from the window manager. (I'm no expert on this.) (I wonder too if we couldn't have a command to raise or lower a frame just one notch at at time in the stacking order. Currently, we can only raise it to the front or lower it to the back.)