Re: Re[2]: idea -> internal frames?

[Stefan Monnier]

> Anyway, what I'm getting to is that having that sort of tab notation
> is a useful graphical UI metaphor.  If it is added, don't fill it
> willy-nilly with buffers.  Let new Emacs applications choose how they
> might fill them.  RMAIL could list attachments.  GNUS could list
> attachments, or other newsgroups.  cc-mode might choose to show the
> *compilation* buffer, the *gud* buffer, and perhaps some other
> development oriented item.  Perhaps new tools will appear that provide
> new ways to view or analyze code that could take advantage of
> appearing on a Tab for the Modes of their choice.

The header-line can currently be used for those kinds of uses
(although it graphically doesn't look quite like tabs).


        Stefan "dreaming of a unified menubar/toolbar/headerline"