Re: Tabs

[Juri Linkov]

>> >> This is possible but will have a “shaking” effect: switching to
>> >> an Info buffer will shift the whole text area down to free screen space
>> >> for the tab-bar, and switching to another buffer will move text up
>> >> after automatically removing the tab-bar.
>> >
>> > I think that would be acceptable: all buffers where I want tabs will
>> > probably be displayed in a separate one-window frame.  Ok, and how do I
>> > get that?
>>
>> Then the solution is much simpler - in that frame just set
>>
>>   (set-frame-parameter nil 'tab-bar-lines 1)
>>
>> and to 0 in all other frames.
>
> And the alternative?  I would prefer a solution where the tabs would
> appear without such an explicit activation.

Do you think we should have global-tab-bar-mode that affects all frames,
and tab-bar-mode to enable/disable the tab-bar only in the selected frame?

Analogously, having global-tab-line-mode to enable tab-line in all windows,
and tab-line-mode to toggle tab-line only in the selected window?