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> I configure my Emacs to avoid splitting the frame into multiple windows Is that to address a particular problem? I use multi-window frames a fair amount. (L
by dctoedt 2y ago
> I configure my Emacs to avoid splitting the frame into multiple windows
Is that to address a particular problem?
I use multi-window frames a fair amount. (Latest Mac OS, latest Emacs.) I've noticed that sometimes a multi-window frame will seemingly freeze up and be unresponsive to the keyboard or trackpad, including multiple Ctrl-G commands. But then C-x 5 2 will work to create a new frame. And I can go back to the frozen frame and C-x 5 0 to kill that frame.
- hollerith 2y agoIt is not to work around a bug. I do it because I am in the habit of making the text (and other UI elements) big.
- hollerith 2y agoFor example right now I have Gnome configured to scale the UI by a factor of 200%, which means that my display will fit only a quarter as many UI elements (e.g., letters of the alphabet, icons) as it would if I ran at a scaling factor of 100%. (I'm not using a HiDPI monitor, just a 1080p one.)
- jbstack 2y agoFor me, it doesn't make sense to have my application's functionality overlap with my window manager. Having two separate methodologies and sets of keysbindings to move and switch between areas of the screen depending on what happens to be in those areas is arbitrary and inconsistent. The way I switch between Firefox and LibreOffice should be the same as the way I switch between two text editing windows/frames. I therefore prefer to use frames rather than windows in Emacs, and let my WM handle them. For the same reason I've never seen the appeal of tmux pane management. If I used a WM, Emacs windows management, and tmux panes, I'd need three different ways to manage what are essentially all the same concept.