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Re: Neat features in Eclipse editor
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joakim |
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Re: Neat features in Eclipse editor |
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Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:25:57 +0200 |
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Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
> Imagine several Emacs frames that are laid out next to each other, for
> instance like this:
>
> +---+-------------+
> | 1 | 2 |
> | | |
> | | |
> +---+-------------+
> | 3 |
> +-----------------+
>
> Ok, but why can't 1, 2 and 3 be windows?
> That would be a much simpler change than adding a new
> kind of entity.
>
> What usage scenario makes it necessary for these to be more
> than single windows?
>
> I am not saying there isn't one. I'm asking to look the intended
> usage in order to see which solutions are adequate.
1,2,3 can be windows if they have special properties.
Heres a simpler example I wanted to code today, but failed because I
couldnt find a suitable Emacs feature(maybe there is one)
- 1,2 are normal Emacs windows
- 3 is a dedicated emacs window, containing a special "frame status"
buffer. This buffer is like a mode-line, but contains mode-line
entries like date-time, that I dont want to have in every window
mode-line.
- I dont want other-window to enter window 3, ever.
- I dont want delete-other-windows to delete window 3, ever.
The ECB basically lets you create windows like 3 above. It does this by
using advice on Emacs primitives heavily.
Is this example clearer? Are there existing Emacs primitives to achieve
this?
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Joakim Verona
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