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Re: Re[2]: idea -> internal frames?


From: Kevin A. Burton
Subject: Re: Re[2]: idea -> internal frames?
Date: 24 Oct 2001 13:13:55 -0700
User-agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/21.1

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"Eric M. Ludlam" <address@hidden> writes:

> >>> address@hidden (Kevin A. Burton) seems to think that:
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> >Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
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> >> On 24 Oct 2001, Kevin A. Burton wrote:
> >> 
> >> > Wouldn't it make sense to support the concept of an "internal frame".
> >> 
> >> Why is this better than the multiple frames Emacs has now?
> >
> >Because they are hard to track and maintain.
> >
> >A good example is the speedbar.  I like the speedbar in Emacs 21...  the only
> >problem is that it gets lost in my other X applications (mozilla, xterms, 
> >etc).
> >
> >If I could keep it within my current maximized Emacs frame this would allow 
> >me
> >get work done and keep the speedbar close at hand.
>   [ ... ]
> 
> If you bind `speedbar-get-focus' to a key, you can always get to speedbar's
> frame from wherever it's hiding on your desktop.

Yes... but this has some issues.

The window becomes separate from the current window so you have layout issues.

You can't run things like ECB and speebar side-by-side nicely.

etc.

Kevin

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