Re: Gtk tabs in emacs, new branch

[Jan Djärv]

Stephen J. Turnbull skrev:

> Bottom line: put a limit on the number of tabs, and use the first N in
> buffer-list (perhaps filtered by mode).  This is good enough to start
> with (Jan himself might opt to turn them off, but I bet most users
> will find this mode a usability improvement).

I would use it, I use desktop files a lot, and having files in tabs when Emacs 
starts would be a bonus.  But for restoring desktop files, I'd rather have 
tabs on the N last visited files, i.e. from file-name-history.  That could be 
an option in desktop.el I guess.

> You do need a way to turn off tabs, some people don't like them, some
> app-specific frames shouldn't have them.

I didn't think of that, thanks.

        Jan D.