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Re: window groups


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: window groups
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 12:30:37 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux)

>> Could you describe the purpose of the window groups feature
>> in a few lines of English?  If the feature does not have
>> a simple conceptual description, it is not a good feature.

> Window groups provide an abstraction of Emacs' internal windows.  By
> design, internal windows (with the exception of `frame-root-window') are
> not accessible to Elisp functions and cannot be manipulated directly by
> them.  Window groups enable Elisp functions to access and operate on
> internal windows in a clean and safe way.

Could you contrast your proposal with Joakim's `group' window parameter?
An obvious difference is that his proposal allows groups that do not
form a rectangle (e.g. ECB could use a group for all the windows around
the editing area).


        Stefan




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