Re: Gtk tabs in emacs, new branch.

[Jan Djärv]

Chong Yidong skrev 2010-04-01 20.50:
> Jan Djärv<address@hidden>  writes:
>
> > Tabs isn't visible internally, it looks like just one frame at the
> > lisp level.  Window configurations are used when switching between
> > tabs.  I think this may cause flicker on slower machines.  Making
> > Emacs use Gtk+ double buffering here would help.  I may violate
> > running Lisp from C restrictions here, but I am not sure.  Tabs most
> > likely introduces new frame sizing errors.
>
> I haven't had time to take a look at the implementation, but why do you
> need to use window configurations?  It seems cleaner to treat each tab
> as a separate frame, at both the C and Lisp levels.

Yes, but that kind of requires modifications to almost all .c-files.  I just 
wanted something that does tabs like for example Firefox does.

        Jan D.