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Re: How to restore the layout?


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: How to restore the layout?
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 17:51:59 +0300

> From: Juanma Barranquero <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:22:38 +0200
> Cc: martin rudalics <address@hidden>, address@hidden, 
>       Angelo Graziosi <address@hidden>, Emacs developers <address@hidden>, 
>       Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>, Stephen Berman <address@hidden>, 
>       Jambunathan K <address@hidden>
> 
> On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > It's not about being customizable, it's about avoiding the "perfect"
> > solution (which doesn't exist).
> 
> Sorry, no. I'm not trying to find the perfect solution; if I were, I
> wouldn't have committed the current code, which is far from perfect.
> It's about trying to find ways to satisfy most users, for some value
> of "most" preferably >= 90%. So in the end, whether you think that
> restoring the size *and* position is necessary or not (to the extent
> that is is *possible* in the first place, of course) is really a
> matter of opinion and taste, and so, customization.

It is not necessary, although it is desirable.  Which means if it's
too damn hard, don't bother, just punt and display a message.
Therefore, customization will not help here, because what's it gonna
tell you? "try harder"?




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