From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alin Soare Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Add morph library to emacs Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 05:16:58 +0200 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=14dae93406b524f43904ba623e99 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1330831030 28770 80.91.229.3 (4 Mar 2012 03:17:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 03:17:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , Emacs Dev , Tom Tromey , martin rudalics , Stefan Monnier , PJ Weisberg , "Stephen J. Turnbull" To: Nix Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 04 04:17:08 2012 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 1S41wa-0003QF-20 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Mar 2012 04:17:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47275 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S41wZ-00020p-1A for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 03 Mar 2012 22:17:07 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:55195) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S41wW-00020h-18 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Mar 2012 22:17:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S41wU-0000el-8T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Mar 2012 22:17:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-iy0-f169.google.com ([209.85.210.169]:61296) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S41wU-0000eU-07 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Mar 2012 22:17:02 -0500 Original-Received: by iajr24 with SMTP id r24so4909381iaj.0 for ; Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:16:59 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=hHzTs2DfVuNEi5tOkRVMJnMgUfgb4S/8Td7GLX/c9ok=; b=NVEULAJbdF/5QCi+2b6i8LijL97zZ7lJNmuuWaw/voZCYfAbTQrX59Sn3sFXpKGLMJ exSX0L8APebILJBxItQ4ruLXAMxfMWRFFtdrsnHTCzvzB1V0nGx32ofndPX4KQS5iREo ev2WwEZv6zhXDwPHYzfBy9mk+3vtQwsCHvnOuEUIYCnBPznidRqVcER081eFzM89C63L Izau1eb+FqFgvXBkLxwfDb2c0jvohOG1mZnxsAnL7/CWkCxBN648MkbZZk8W9oQe8cY3 lDFeJTda+0Xsns7x3PadzBuCpPxajgA2R8uxJjdIk99O5lGe0+bYcJP2hisgQ43nAK9g xE4A== Original-Received: by 10.50.190.226 with SMTP id gt2mr2153274igc.32.1330831019013; Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:16:59 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.231.133.131 with HTTP; Sat, 3 Mar 2012 19:16:58 -0800 (PST) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 209.85.210.169 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:148883 Archived-At: --14dae93406b524f43904ba623e99 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 It is evident that the problem of tabs passes beyound the limits of graphical capabilities of emacs. Trying to give a solution for tabs will not bear anything nice -- it would rise a lot of confusion. To add morphic objects to the actual structure of emacs it is also beyound the limits of the system. I consider that all the work in the direction of tabs is loss of time. I would like to open the question whether emacs can be completed with a morphic module . Having such a structure, emacs will have a main working desktop -- main morph, in which we can drop other kind of morphs -- like buffers, tabs, etc. (the frames will not be useful any more). I do not consider it is impossible. But it is bad to invest energy into the actual direction, which is dead. --14dae93406b524f43904ba623e99 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It is evident that the problem of tabs passes beyound the limits of graphic= al capabilities of emacs.

Trying to give a solution for = tabs will not bear anything nice -- it would rise a lot of confusion.

To add morphic objects to the actual structure of emacs= it is also beyound the limits of the system.

I co= nsider that all the work in the direction of tabs is loss of time.

I would like to open the question whether emacs can be = completed with a morphic module .

Having such a st= ructure, emacs will have a main working desktop -- main morph, in which we = can drop other kind of morphs -- like buffers, tabs, etc. (the frames will = not be useful any more).

I do not consider it is impossible.

But it is bad to invest energy into the actual direction, which is de= ad.



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