From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Dedicated windows (was: 23.0.60; Resizing may delete windows) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:12:46 -0400 Message-ID: References: <17986.1206513280@cs.sunysb.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1206540800 11950 80.91.229.12 (26 Mar 2008 14:13:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:13:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: martin rudalics , "Jan D." , "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" , emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org To: kifer@cs.sunysb.edu (Michael Kifer) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 26 15:13:50 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 1JeWNm-00065L-1J for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:13:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JeWNA-0001ai-EM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:13:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JeWN3-0001YA-VV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:12:54 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JeWN1-0001WD-U5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:12:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JeWN1-0001VN-B2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:12:51 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JeWN1-0001pA-48 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:12:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166] helo=mx10.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JeWN0-00034c-VH for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:12:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JeWMx-0001o6-Ma for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:12:50 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182] helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JeWMx-0001nu-DD for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:12:47 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AuAEAAv36UdMCrTo/2dsb2JhbACBWqk9 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,558,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="16856116" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca (HELO smtp.teksavvy.com) ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 26 Mar 2008 10:12:46 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([76.10.180.232]) by smtp.teksavvy.com (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id GRM05447; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:12:47 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 93D7E7F9E; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:12:46 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <17986.1206513280@cs.sunysb.edu> (Michael Kifer's message of "Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:34:40 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:93533 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:21699 Archived-At: >> (And please make the control panel window dedicated during ediff. It >> really is not useful for something else then ;-) ) > No, dedicated windows in frames that have other windows are too troublesome. > They often surprise the user. Sounds like a bug (or at least a misfeature). Could you give us some details? Stefan