Re: [9fans] acme design

[a@9srv.net]

// the list will always take you to the correct 
// place [current window?], won't it? 

i just don't see how. i mean at a functional level - like, what's the thing
*do*? highlight the file my cursor's over? what's the behavior?

// cursor position | highlighting in "listing/tag window" not sufficient?

nope. i want to know by looking at the window i'm typing in, or as close
to it as possible. not some (mentally) unrelated window in another Col.
it's not so much an issue while i'm typing, but when i'm switching from
one win to another, how do i know where to move my mouse?

// use last "ordinary window" [for execution] ... i think 

i don't think that'll work. if i'm editing a window at the top of a Col and
the "tag" window is at the botom of the Col, or two Cols over, how do i
get to it without mousing over another normal window? or do i have to
make some manual change before i can edit that window?

// isn't a tag "line" a special frame that [currently] behaves 
// differently from "normal" one?? 

yes, which is exactly why i said it was a reasonable thing to question. i'd
be interested in ways to structure things that don't have this modality in
them. but i certainly can't come up with one.

// my "tag frame" i think could behave just normal 

except for auto-highlighting or some other indication method, and
automatically updating itself for the list of open files (hopefully!). and how
would i refer to it? how would i Put it?

// as much as you wish, of course, as normal ones... 

this is space-ineffecient. i'd always be resizing it. the current window
tags are (intentionally or no) optimized for the small data they contain
(perhaps too much, hence the splinter-thread about scrolling).