Re: [VM] Overridding vm's messing with windows

[Uday Reddy]

Robert Marshall writes:

> I use vm's summary mode and most of the time I have a frame with just
> that buffer visible. I've found a minor annoyance is that when I
> vm-get-new-mail and if there is new mail, vm then splits that window,
> and shows the presentation window under it, I have a few new emails that
> I've not read yet (yes I know!!) so the really new ones aren't visible I
> then put the window situation back to what it was and go and find the
> really new ones.

Just catching up with this old email.

How the windows get displayed is controlled by the Frame Configuration. When
you get new mail, VM resets all the frames as per the Frame Configuration
settings. So, if you want a separate window for summary, you probably need
to set `vm-frame-per-summary'.

Cheers,
Uday