Re: ECB

[Jason Rumney]

Richard Stallman wrote:

> Could a couple of people please look at ECB, in http://ecb.sourceforge.net,
> and tell me what you think of it?
>  
I use it every day, and I find it useful.

Its purpose is similar to speedbar, but it seperates Directories, Files 
and Tags into separate buffers, which many people find easier to work 
with. It also has some extra buffers that do not have an equivalent in 
speedbar, such as History and can also embed speedbar in one of its 
navigation windows if you prefer speedbar but want to use ECB for some 
reason.

The biggest difference between ECB and speedbar is that speedbar always 
appears in a seperate frame (it can be forced into another frame, but it 
is not easy), whereas ECB has several layout options, AFAIK all of which 
use windows within the current frame. Many people are used to working in 
other programs within the same frame, so they may see this as an 
improvement over speedbar.