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Re: window groups
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: window groups |
Date: |
Thu, 29 May 2008 12:30:37 -0400 |
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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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- Re: window groups, Stefan Monnier, 2008/05/30
- Re: window groups, martin rudalics, 2008/05/30
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- Re: window groups, martin rudalics, 2008/05/31
- Re: window groups, Richard M Stallman, 2008/05/29
- Re: window groups, martin rudalics, 2008/05/30
- Re: window groups, Richard M Stallman, 2008/05/29
- Re: window groups, martin rudalics, 2008/05/30
- Re: window groups, Richard M Stallman, 2008/05/30