Re: Implementing child frames on terminal

[Po Lu]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> And the final question, what should we do when the child frame crosses
>> it's parent's edges, but doesn't cross the display?  Should we clip it
>> (like most window systems) [1] or not (like NS) [2]?
>
> The former, I think.  But maybe we could make it customizable.  The
> difference from the code POV is not that big.

If so, then someone should implement the same on X.  (I'm not
volunteering, IMO child frames are a misfeature that could be
implemented with undecorated frames entirely in Lisp.)

It isn't fair to have a GUI feature that works in a TTY, but not under
X.