Re: Use of dedicated windows in gdb-mi.el

[martin rudalics]

> I know Martin doesn't like this concept, but in any case, if we could
> try and arrange for gdb-mi to mark its windows as softly dedicated,
> I think it would solve your use case.

On Thu, 06 May 2010 10:22:11 +0200 I tried to answer you as follows:

> > I know you think dedicated windows suck and that I like them so much
> > that "when you have a hammer everything looks like a nail", but I think
> > this is really a good case to mark the window dedicated.  I'm not sure
> > whether set-window-configuration would do the right thing currently
> > (kill the window if the buffer died), but if it doesn't, it'd be
> > a clear bug that needs fixing.
>
> I don't think that dedicated windows suck and even went so far as to
> give them an entire section in the Elisp manual ;-)
>
> On the average, 50% of my windows are dedicated and they suit my needs
> well.  So I think that hardly anyone out there uses dedicated windows
> more than me.

And if you look at `window-preserve-size' you may observe that it's a
"soft" variant of fixed-size windows.  So I even adopted your concept in
a different context ;-)

martin