Re: Frames without multiple windows on X

[Amy Templeton]

Giacomo Graziosi wrote:
> I just started to use Emacs as C/C++ environment. I come from Eclipse
> so I'm used to work with multiple layouts: I plan to to use Gud with
> multiple windows on the first layout ( 
> http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/7967/emacsframe1fg6.jpg
> ) and ECB+files being edited on the second layout (
> http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/3792/emacsframe2fq5.jpg ). It seems
> that there are two ways to get this: ElScreen (
> http://www.morishima.net/~naoto/software/elscreen/ ), and Emacs
> frames. Unfortunately I have problems with both of them: ElScreen
> shows some really bad behaviours (having gdb output in ECB windows is
> not really comfortable) and each Emacs frame needs an X window that is
> a thing that I _really_hate_from_the_bottom_of_my_heart_ :-).
> Do you know any other way (avoiding emacs -nw, if possible) ?
> Oh, I was almost forgetting: I'm on GNU Emacs 23.0.0.1 (x86_64-pc-
> linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.10.11).

Hmmm...well, if you're asking what I think you are, you
might could put each frame layout in a register (for
example, "C-x r w 1" would store one screen layout, which
could later be accessed with "C-x r j 1"). Out of curiosity,
what is going on on the left-hand side of that first
picture?

Amy