Re: Gtk tabs in emacs, new branch

[Jan Djärv]

Juri Linkov skrev 2010-04-01 20.03:
> > > I have build that, but when I start Emacs, I don't 'see' any tabs. How
> > > can we enable those? I have a desktop file which opens several file when
> > > I start Emacs, so I would expect to see them in tabs! :-)
> >
> > I don't think that is a good idea in general.
>
> If someone wants to do this, we could provide a variable `pop-up-tabs'
> that is like `pop-up-frames'.

The idea has merit.
I still think we should have a limit on how many tabs that gets created 
automatically, for example by desktop.el.

> > I have desktopfiles with over 50 files.  50 tabs isn't manageable.
>
> I think desktop.el should save and restore the tabs configurations,
> i.e. in what tabs what buffers were displayed.
>
> Is it currently possible to get a list of Gtk tabs and their
> window configurations from Lisp?


Not presently.  I just added the bare minimum.  It is very easy to do though. 
 But in that case, tabs should be a proper lisp type, like windows.
Currently they aren't.

        Jan D.