Re: Emacs Survey: Toolbars

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 09:50:29 -0600
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> How about introducing a new variable with the tentative name
> `this-mode-wants-toolbars' that defaults to nil?  If it is nil, there
> are no toolbars.  This variable can then be set to t when someone has
> made a toolbar that they know will be useful.

That makes little sense to me.  Other applications that show tool bars
don't make them appear and disappear, only change as appropriate for
the context.

> One obvious drawback of this proposal is that it's slightly jarring when
> the toolbar appears and disappears when switching between windows.

Exactly.

> Perhaps we could show it if it is enabled in any buffer in a window on
> the current frame?

So you basically want NOT to make it disappear?  Then why make it
disappear?