Re: Proposal: new default bindings for winner and windmove

[Boruch Baum]

> From: Eli Zaretskii
> Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2021 09:02:23 +0300
>
> > From: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
> > Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2021 22:20:22 +0200
> >
> > > I'm actually surprised they have key bindings.  How frequently do you
> > > undo/redo window configuration changes?
> > You obviously don't need to call help functions as often as I :).

Adding myself to the list of people who use winner-mode often and are
happy with the keybinding status quo.

> > It is handy to restore back windows after
> > ...

+1

> My solution to the "window configuration issue" is to keep several
> frames, one each for different tasks.  Each frame has windows arranged
> as appropriate for that task, and that configuration rarely if ever
> changes.

As a case in point, I found `ediff' mode very frustrating in that upon
quitting, it would always leave me with an undesirable window
configuration, and I never figured out how to *reliably* automate using
`winner-undo' for that situation. What did work was what you're
suggesting:

   (defun my-ediff-pre ()
     "Stuff to perform before starting any `ediff' session.
   Meant to be an entry in variable `ediff-before-setup-hook'."
     (make-frame-command)
     (set-frame-name "ediff"))

   (defun my-ediff-post ()
     "Stuff to perform after exiting any `ediff' session.
   Meant to be an entry in variable `ediff-quit-hook'."
     (condition-case nil
       (progn
         (select-frame-by-name "ediff")
         (delete-frame))))

   (add-hook 'ediff-before-setup-hook #'my-ediff-pre)
   (add-hook 'ediff-quit-hook #'my-ediff-post 100)

IMO, this should be considered as a default setup for ediff, and the
notion of defaulting to a dedicated frame for certain other specific
tasks should be considered (eg. calendar/diary). BTW, I do this with
packages diredc and crossword.

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