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Re: When do you prefer frames instead of windows?
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Rainer M Krug |
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Re: When do you prefer frames instead of windows? |
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Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:54:45 +0100 |
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Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> Modern X Windows environments have keybindings for common operations
>> on frames. However, Microsoft Windows only has a few of those, to
>> tiresome switching between the keyboard and mouse is needed. I use
>> both X and MS Windows daily. I generally prefer using Emacs windows
>> rather than frames becuase they can be manipulated using the keyboard
>> on all platforms.
>
> It should be possible, out of the box, to do that in Emacs itself.
> One set of keys for all platforms, and any set of keys you yourself
> choose.
>
> I wrote:
>
> > With Emacs this is even better, as you can manipulate frames
> > using the keyboard, not just the mouse.
> >
> > However, out of the box, support for using Emacs frames is pretty
> > primitive. So I jump through a bunch of configuration hooks to
> > be able to use them easily (including keyboard manipulation).
>
> You need to be able to do the same kinds of things with frames
> that you can do with Emacs windows - *from the keyboard* (and with
> a mouse). Including move around incrementally, resize incrementally,
> cycle/choose, tile/split, and so on.
>
> I use Emacs that way, but as I say, this is not provided out of the
> box with `emacs -Q'. (It should be, IMO.)
You are throwing teaser around - is your emacs config some=where on=ine,
so that I could take a look at your configuration regarding frames?
>
> I really would be interested in people's answers to my question, BTW:
>
> > IF you could use Emacs frames as easily as you can use Emacs
> > windows, in what scenarios would you prefer using Emacs windows,
> > and why?
>
>
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Re: When do you prefer frames instead of windows?, MBR, 2014/11/24
Re: When do you prefer frames instead of windows?, H. Dieter Wilhelm, 2014/11/24
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Re: When do you prefer frames instead of windows?, Robert Thorpe, 2014/11/24
Re: When do you prefer frames instead of windows?, Yuri Khan, 2014/11/24
Re: When do you prefer frames instead of windows?, Ralf Fassel, 2014/11/25
- RE: When do you prefer frames instead of windows?, Drew Adams, 2014/11/25
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- RE: When do you prefer frames instead of windows?, Drew Adams, 2014/11/25
- RE: When do you prefer frames instead of windows?, Subhan Michael Tindall, 2014/11/25
- RE: When do you prefer frames instead of windows?, Drew Adams, 2014/11/25