From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 13:21:00 +0200 Message-ID: From: To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: [9fans] acme design Topicbox-Message-UUID: 92cf1f62-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > - how will one know what is the filename (pathname) for each window? > - in acme, just by looking into the tag line, i know i can run 'grep = XXXXX > *.c' on a particular window. how can i do it with this? if Acme remembers, which "normal frame" has been touched the last, [and = it does, doesn't it?] then it applies to it > - the (new) windows on the right are the ones used for tags and = commands. > now, how much space would they occupy?=20 as much as you wish, of course, as normal ones... > what happens when the pathnames and > commands are longer than the ones in the sample image? nothing, text wraps as in normal text frame... > - you have safely assumed there will be only one column (of windows). = what > happens when you have to have 2 or even 3 columns? even in 1024x768, = one > could manage with 2 columns. with your idea, wont it waste space? no. have as many cols as you wish [see Newcol] . New frame, like new = column, could appear just at the end, and zou could drag it anywhere. Perhaps the quick drawing was too simple, sorry for that. And, once = more, thanks for the debate. ++pac.