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Emacs has frames (aka "windows" for non-Emacs lingo) so there is no theoretical reason it couldn't have tabs. I understand the complaint about tabs. In Vim I ha
by massysett 10y ago
Emacs has frames (aka "windows" for non-Emacs lingo) so there is no theoretical reason it couldn't have tabs. I understand the complaint about tabs. In Vim I have the opposite complaint: no frames.
Tabs can work in a terminal; Vim has them.
If I were an Emacs developer I wouldn't bother with tabs because we already have frames, but there's nothing non-Emacsy about tabs.
- gpderetta 10y agoIt could work well if tabs contained frames instead of buffers, i.e. as a sort of workspace management. I guess this could be done right now by using a tabbed window manager.
- stinkytaco 10y agoI actually think it could work well if you could choose one or the other. aquamacs outlines the paradigm that I would generally use (frames usually equal buffers, but a tab can contain two buffers in necessary, like you often do in org-mode). I'm glad emacs doesn't ship with a tab paradigm by default, but it's easy enough to add one if you need.