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RE: "grouping" buffers
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: "grouping" buffers |
Date: |
Sun, 31 May 2020 03:49:09 +0000 (UTC) |
> The utilities for manipulating frames and buffers within frames
> are extremely limited. There does not seem to be a way to "name" a
> given frame,
In `frame-cmds.el' you have command `rename-frame'. Doc:
Rename a frame named OLD-NAME to NEW-NAME.
Prefix arg non-nil means rename all frames named OLD-NAME to NEWNAME.
OLD-NAME may be a frame, its name, or nil. Default is `selected-frame'.
NEW-NAME is a string or nil. Default NEW-NAME is current `buffer-name'.
The code is about 7 lines long. Ultimately it uses
standard function `modify-frame-parameters'.
> or to call a frame to the front for example, like I'd call
> a buffer to the front.
By "call to the front", do you mean select the frame,
giving it focus? That's standard command `select-frame' or
`select-frame-by-name' (or function `select-frame-set-focus').
Or do you mean change its z-order value (bring it
forward)? That's standard command `raise-frame'.
(Use `i frame z-order' in the Elisp manual. That takes
you to node `Raising, Lowering and Restacking Frames'.)
> On macos ... I can access the name of a given frame,
Function `get-frame-name' from library `frame-fns.el'.
Essentially (cdr (assq 'name (frame-parameters frame)).
Many of the functions and commands in `frame-fns.el'
and `frame-cmds.el' have simple, short, definitions.
> I change its name,
`rename-frame' - see above.
> I can call it to the front or to the back, I can modify its
> contents, I can rearrange the size and placement of each frame, etc.
Dunno what you mean by modify its contents.
But repositioning and resizing aren't hard.
`frame-cmds.el' has several commands for such things,
including incremental movement (e.g. `move-frame-up)
and incremental resizing (e.g. `enlarge-frame').
The latter is just this:
(set-frame-height frame (+ (frame-height frame) increment))
> I can't work on "buffers" because the concept does not exist, but I
> think you see what I mean.
No, I'm not sure I do.
> I can't seem to be able to do that in emacs for emacs frames.
Most frame changes are done ultimately with
`modify-frame-parameters'. The Elisp manual is
pretty good on this subject. Start with node
`Frames'.
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