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: RE: how about a find-library-other-window command? Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:36:53 -0700 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1182281926 749 80.91.229.12 (19 Jun 2007 19:38:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:38:46 +0000 (UTC) To: "Emacs-Devel" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 19 21:38:43 2007 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 1I0jXE-0000NC-52 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:38:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I0jX8-00010b-6M for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:38:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I0jX5-00010R-I5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:38:31 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I0jX0-0000xw-1b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:38:30 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I0jWz-0000xr-Ox for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:38:25 -0400 Original-Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I0jWw-00055r-WC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:38:24 -0400 Original-Received: from rgmgw3.us.oracle.com (rgmgw3.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.112]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id l5JJc5RY009631 for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:38:06 -0500 Original-Received: from acsmt351.oracle.com (acsmt351.oracle.com [141.146.40.151]) by rgmgw3.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id l5JHTOCd002464 for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:38:04 -0600 Original-Received: from dhcp-amer-whq-csvpn-gw3-141-144-80-227.vpn.oracle.com by acsmt351.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2968697931182281818; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:36:58 -0700 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 In-Reply-To: X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:73330 Archived-At: > > How about a `find-library-other-window' command? > > Sure. Although I'm wondering: are there many users you use both find-file > and find-file-other-window, as well as other vs > -other-window commands? > > I'd be happy to change all that: remove/deprecate the -other-window > commands and make the commands use either the same window or another > depending on some user configuration. I use both. I think you (Stefan) tend to have all windows be dedicated automatically, IIRC, but I do not, although I do use non-nil `pop-up-frames', so a buffer is displayed for the first time, a priori, in its own frame. I do use Emacs windows sometimes, and I do also visit a different file in the same window sometimes. That is, I do sometimes use `C-x C-f', even though I more often use `C-x 4 f'. So, unless there is a way that configuration would also allow the flexibility for users that we have now, I don't think it's a good idea to just get rid of the separate commands and depend on a configuration option. It would be an especially bad idea, I think, if a _single_ option were used to configure all possible other-window behavior. That is, I don't think people necessarily always use `foo-other-window' even if they do always use `bar-other-window'. Summary: I think we need the flexibility we have now.