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Re: M-x zone and buffer with leading space.
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Michael Cadilhac |
Subject: |
Re: M-x zone and buffer with leading space. |
Date: |
Thu, 06 Oct 2005 18:56:23 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
>> I use an IM within emacs which hides its buffer by calling them with
>> a leading space (Ex: `` *Netsoul Textbox*'').
>
> Your patch to zone is probably fine (tho I really have no idea), but I just
> want to point out that buffers that are shown to the user should preferable
> not start with a space. So maybe you should report also a bug to your IM
> package's author.
The point is that this IM has some kind of interface, which looks
like:
.-----------------------------.---------------.
| User's picture | Contact list: |
| User name | * Sylvia |
| | * Tom |
| <Tom> Hi ! | * Pierre |
| <You> Hello. | * Dummy |
| <Tom> foo ? | * bar |
| <You> baz. | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
|-----------------------------| |
| Textbox. | |
| | |
| | |
`-----------------------------°---------------'
This interface is independent from your current window configuration
and can be shown/hidden everywhere. It uses window-configuration
functions to allow this.
In order to not mess up the whole thing and not bother the user with
a huge buffer list, all these buffers are hidden using the leading
space technique.
I'm doing the same with jabber buffers: all chat buffers start with
a space, and I've made up some functions to list them.
Is it a misuse of this technique ?
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