From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Neat features in Eclipse editor Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:50:40 -0400 Message-ID: References: <873aqia0eh.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <873aqiw4xm.fsf@jurta.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1206409898 5653 80.91.229.12 (25 Mar 2008 01:51:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:51:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: joakim@verona.se Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 25 02:52:09 2008 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 1JdyKZ-0000Cw-OT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:52:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JdyJy-0004gj-9W for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:51:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JdyJG-0004On-Bl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:50:42 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JdyJF-0004OW-WD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:50:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JdyJF-0004OR-Px for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:50:41 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JdyJF-0003ry-EQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:50:41 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JdyJE-00061Q-RO; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:50:40 -0400 In-reply-to: (joakim@verona.se) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:93374 Archived-At: Imagine several Emacs frames that are laid out next to each other, for instance like this: +---+-------------+ | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | +---+-------------+ | 3 | +-----------------+ Ok, but why can't 1, 2 and 3 be windows? That would be a much simpler change than adding a new kind of entity. What usage scenario makes it necessary for these to be more than single windows? I am not saying there isn't one. I'm asking to look the intended usage in order to see which solutions are adequate.