Re: Gtk tabs in emacs, new branch.

[Stefan Monnier]

> It isn't any "idea" as such, it is practicallity and user experience. For
> example, I tried having switching in elisp, but it is too slow (causes
> flicker) and there are race conditions between when the widget does the
> switching and when Emacs thinks the switch is done.

> There is nothing in the current implementation that excludes lisp
> functions for switching, creation, e.t.c, but it doesn't give any
> advantages, just complications.

Tabs may seem like a good idea to switch between different
window-configurations, but there can actually be other uses for it.
And even for that use, there can be different choices in terms of which
tabs to show, ...
All that needs to be written in Lisp.


        Stefan