From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: window groups
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 12:30:37 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvy75taxdh.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <483E76D9.1060406@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Thu, 29 May 2008 11:26:49 +0200")
>> Could you describe the purpose of the window groups feature
>> in a few lines of English? If the feature does not have
>> a simple conceptual description, it is not a good feature.
> Window groups provide an abstraction of Emacs' internal windows. By
> design, internal windows (with the exception of `frame-root-window') are
> not accessible to Elisp functions and cannot be manipulated directly by
> them. Window groups enable Elisp functions to access and operate on
> internal windows in a clean and safe way.
Could you contrast your proposal with Joakim's `group' window parameter?
An obvious difference is that his proposal allows groups that do not
form a rectangle (e.g. ECB could use a group for all the windows around
the editing area).
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-29 16:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-28 12:22 window groups martin rudalics
2008-05-29 1:39 ` Richard M Stallman
2008-05-29 9:26 ` martin rudalics
2008-05-29 16:30 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2008-05-30 7:05 ` martin rudalics
2008-05-30 13:58 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-05-30 19:27 ` martin rudalics
2008-05-31 4:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-05-31 9:10 ` martin rudalics
2008-05-30 0:59 ` Richard M Stallman
2008-05-30 7:08 ` martin rudalics
2008-05-31 2:07 ` Richard M Stallman
2008-05-31 6:17 ` Daniel Colascione
2008-05-31 7:09 ` Miles Bader
2008-05-31 9:10 ` martin rudalics
2008-05-30 0:59 ` Richard M Stallman
2008-05-30 7:08 ` martin rudalics
2008-05-29 15:18 ` Chong Yidong
2008-05-30 7:06 ` martin rudalics
2008-05-29 16:10 ` Chong Yidong
2008-05-29 19:11 ` Miles Bader
2008-05-29 21:40 ` Chong Yidong
2008-05-29 22:33 ` Miles Bader
2008-05-29 23:53 ` Thomas Lord
2008-05-30 7:07 ` martin rudalics
2008-05-30 16:42 ` Thomas Lord
2008-05-30 16:08 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-05-31 9:10 ` martin rudalics
2008-05-31 11:52 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-05-31 13:36 ` martin rudalics
2008-05-31 17:22 ` Thomas Lord
2008-05-31 22:37 ` martin rudalics
2008-06-02 3:49 ` Thomas Lord
2008-06-02 9:34 ` martin rudalics
2008-06-02 21:32 ` Thomas Lord
2008-06-03 5:52 ` Miles Bader
2008-06-03 9:02 ` martin rudalics
2008-06-03 9:51 ` René Kyllingstad
2008-06-03 11:26 ` martin rudalics
2008-06-03 11:54 ` Stephen Berman
2008-06-03 13:21 ` René Kyllingstad
2008-06-08 2:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-08-18 15:37 ` René Kyllingstad
2008-05-30 7:07 ` martin rudalics
2008-05-30 7:07 ` martin rudalics
2008-05-30 7:07 ` martin rudalics
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