Re: [RP] :dedicated-mode

[Shawn Betts]

twb <address@hidden> writes:

> Quoth Cameron Patrick <address@hidden> on or about Fri, 27 Feb 2004 19:22:37 
> +0800:
> > BTW on a non-dual-head-related note, one thing I wouldn't mind seeing
> > in ratpoison would be the ability to force certain windows to go into
> > certain frames.  Then I could have a script set up a GIMP frame set
> > with one frame on the big monitor for the image and a few frames on
> > the smaller monitor for the toolbar and other misc windows.  I'd have
> > to think a bit more about the exact semantics of it though.
> 
> Ooh! Ooh! They have this in emacs (in emacs-goodies-el).  It's called
> `dedicated' mode.  AFAICT (haven't tried it), you say :dedicate, and
> thenceforward the frame and buffer (window) are glued together and can
> only be changed manually (e.g. by :select -).
> 
> You could probably lift most of it verbatim.

I remember a short thread a while back about having dedicated
frames. Basically they were immune to the 'only' command. I thot about
it for a while and decided it was good but never got around to coding
it.

I'll make a vague commitment to looking into it again. I remember it
seemed useful for the emacs speedbar.

-Shawn