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bug#1503: feature request: multiline header (and mode) lines
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martin rudalics |
Subject: |
bug#1503: feature request: multiline header (and mode) lines |
Date: |
Thu, 21 Oct 2021 19:18:41 +0200 |
> One benefit of the header line is that it always stays in place, whereas
> with a buffer you never know where it might end up. Or is there a way
> to force a buffer in place with the same strong guarantee?
Why not? Have you ever seen windows deliberately change places on a
frame? Atomic windows are glued together like a window and its mode
lines.
> We also might not want users to switch to that buffer, as it would be
> more annoying than useful (e.g. headers in tabulated-list-mode). AFAIU,
> with a regular buffer you will always be able to switch to them with
> `other-window'.
That's what the 'no-other-window' parameter is for. With the slight
difference that with a window you can turn it off temporarily.
> I was also going to say that with header-line-format you get horizontal
> scrolling automatically, but it turns out that you don't. In any case,
> it seems like this feature shouldn't be too hard to add. (I remember
> now that I added code to fix that in one of my packages.)
XEmacs has it, IIRC.
martin