From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Tabs in Emacs? Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:30:28 -0500 Message-ID: References: <4B029686.8080705@alice.it> <7b501d5c0911170532i5620ce86w57507fa95eecb1dc@mail.gmail.com> <200911172343.nAHNhjaV007564@fed.local> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1258515055 26773 80.91.229.12 (18 Nov 2009 03:30:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:30:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, angelo.graziosi@alice.it, Deniz Dogan To: Xavier Maillard Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 18 04:30:47 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 1NAbFj-0001f9-Dn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:30:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38411 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NAbFi-0006t2-Qj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:30:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NAbFc-0006rk-5b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:30:36 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NAbFX-0006p5-EA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:30:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35438 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NAbFX-0006om-2e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:30:31 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:53807 helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NAbFV-0005Fr-K4; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:30:29 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: As4EAJD5AkvO+II8/2dsb2JhbACBTtRUhDsEiVU X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,762,1249272000"; d="scan'208";a="49578831" Original-Received: from 206-248-130-60.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([206.248.130.60]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 17 Nov 2009 22:30:28 -0500 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 7C81CB40C9; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:30:28 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <200911172343.nAHNhjaV007564@fed.local> (Xavier Maillard's message of "Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:43:45 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:117145 Archived-At: > Why would someone need tabs in GNU Emacs exactly ? I am > curious. Buffers and related functions (browsing, navigating, > filtering ... ) are so powerful that I do not clearly understand > the need for such features. Actually, to manage window-configs, I think it might make sense. I use frames for that (and if your WM supports tabs, you may end up with the same functionality), but not everyone likes it that way. This doesn't mean it's a high-priority feature, but if someone writes it cleanly, I'll happily accept it. IIUC Alin Soare has already started work on it. Stefan