Re: Gtk tabs in emacs, new branch

[Jan Djärv]

Angelo Graziosi skrev:
> Still some observation...
>
> Suppose one starts Emacs, a single frame with 38 lines (Emacs.geometry: 
> 80x40-0+0 in .Xdefaults, for example). Now suppose one creates some 
> tabs: M-x tab-new. The lines now are 37 because one line is that of tabs 
> and the frame has the same size (height). If, now, one deletes the tabs, 
> the lines remain at 37 but the frame has the height shorter by one line. 
> Repeating this procedure the lines become 36, 35,... and the frame 
> shorter, shorter...
>
> Is this to be the right thing? My opinion is that the frame should have 
> always the same height and the line should be 38 (N) or 37 (N-1) if the 
> tabs are visible.

Emacs tries to keep the frame size so an integral number of lines just fits. 
But tabs aren't (in general) exactly one or two lines high, so some resize 
will occur.  I made some fix.

I also made tab-mode a minor mode so it can be turned off by customize.

        Jan D.