Re: Gtk tabs in emacs, new branch.

[Jan Djärv]

Davis Herring skrev 2010-04-10 18.42:
> > You guys seem to think that tabs are just extra buttons to be pressed.  In
> > Gtk+ they are not.  When you press on a tab an whole new Gtk widget (with
> > associated X window) covering the whole frame is switched in.  So the old
> > contents is not shown.  Doing window configuration switch as fast as we
> > can helps, but it still isn't good.  Workable, but not good.
>
> This isn't necessary, is it?

What is "this"?

> I'm sure that GTK+ tabs can govern (switch)
> an area that isn't a top-most window.

Well, yes, that is what it is doing.  It isn't a top-most window.

> Then, if we want to, we can just
> make the "content" part of that area have 0 size (so that the user-visible
> line of tabs is in fact the whole area they control) and merely react to
> the tab switch events however we want.

I haven't tried it.  However, stuff like putting tabs at the bottom would then 
not work well.

        Jan D.