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RE: When do you prefer frames instead of windows?
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Gian Uberto Lauri |
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RE: When do you prefer frames instead of windows? |
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Tue, 25 Nov 2014 16:54:54 +0100 |
Drew Adams writes:
> > > I would ask an opposite question: IF you could use Emacs frames
> > > as easily as you can use Emacs windows, in what scenarios would
> > > you prefer using Emacs windows, and why?
> >
> > ...mail reading, sql interaction and when working on two parts of
> > the same file or two files with a macro...
> >
> > If the frames could really be used like windows, then, it could be
> > that I would be comfortable with separate frames.
>
> That was the question. "IF you could use frames as easily as you
> can use Emacs windows..." I certainly agree that currently you
> cannot, especially with just vanilla Emacs. But if you could...
Frankly, the answer is "I can't answer until I see it working".
But it could be yes, especially if it changes my habits only slightly.
> FYI, you can use bookmarks to similar effect. With Bookmark+ you
> can just jump to this or that desktop bookmark, to change between
> Emacs "workspaces", as defined by desktop.el. And it doesn't
> matter whether you use one frame or 37 frames for such a workspace.
>
> http://www.emacswiki.org/BookmarkPlus#DesktopBookmarks
I will give it a look, thank you!
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Re: When do you prefer frames instead of windows?, Rainer M Krug, 2014/11/25
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Re: When do you prefer frames instead of windows?, MBR, 2014/11/24