Re: Gtk tabs in emacs, new branch.

[Juri Linkov]

> A bookmark is essentially a (persistent) named collection of info.
> That info typically includes a destination, which is typically a file
> location and a position within the file. But although that is
> typical, a bookmark need not be associated with any destination.

Let's compare how this is implemented in web browsers.  Typing C-b in
Firefox opens a left-side pane that indeed looks like a vertical tab bar.
But it has completely different semantics than the real tab bar.
Clicking on a bookmark opens a web page in a new tab.  Clicking on a tab
selects a web page in the existing tab.  So bookmarks are not a good example
what the tab bar could be used for.  I think in Emacs the most suitable
widget for that is the speed bar.

Of course, we could allow any action for tabs by design, but using them
for bookmarks is a bad idea.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/