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Re: Standard check before creating large num of frames
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: Standard check before creating large num of frames |
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Thu, 15 Sep 2016 08:00:52 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
> several functions might create new frames. In particular when
> `pop-up-frames' is non-nil, `display-buffer' creates a new frame.
> Creating a lot of new frames might be expensive.
> Some functions may ask for user confirmation before creating an many
> frames. For instance, see `ibuffer-do-view-1': this function ask for
> confirmation before creating > 3 frames. IMO, it's good if each
> function creating a large number of frames do a similar check. We might
> add a new option, for instance 'max-number-of-frames' or
> 'frame-max-number':
I get the impression that setting pop-up-frames will inevitably lead to
many more frames than 3. IOW setting pop-up-frames non-nil is already
a way to say that you're OK with having many frames.
Stefan