Re: master 8aef5d224a6: Merge branch 'scratch/tty-child-frames'

[Gerd Möllmann]

Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:

>>>>>> On Thu, 19 Dec 2024 13:44:54 +0100, Gerd Möllmann 
>>>>>> <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com> said:
>
>     Gerd> Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:
>     >> Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org> writes:
>     >> 
>     >>> branch: master
>     >>> commit 8aef5d224a6fccb675729748836d5ebfdcfa1101
>     >>> Merge: ea865c98cf3 6fa2050ee76
>     >>> Author: Gerd Möllmann <gerd@gnu.org>
>     >>> Commit: Gerd Möllmann <gerd@gnu.org>
>     >>> 
>     >>> Merge branch 'scratch/tty-child-frames'
>     >>> 
>     >>> Add support for child frames on tty
>     >>> 
>     >>> The redisplay part is complete.  The frame-handling part supports
>     >>> use-cases like Posframe, Corfu, and child frames acting like tooltips.
>     >>> Other use-cases of child frames are not currently supported.  In
>     >>> particular, trying to create minibuffer-only child frames on ttys will
>     >>> signal an error.
>     >> 
>     >> Very nice, thank you!  And congratulations.
>     >> 
>     >> I can't find anything about this in NEWS, though.
>
>     Gerd> Now done, but it would be nice if someone could check if that's
>     Gerd> sufficient and so on.
>
> I was thinking of sticking something like this on top. Do we need to
> document the limitations there, such as no suport for minibuffer-only?
>
> diff --git a/doc/lispref/frames.texi b/doc/lispref/frames.texi
> index bf4d5c05f3a..cc7d3f79a7f 100644
> --- a/doc/lispref/frames.texi
> +++ b/doc/lispref/frames.texi
> @@ -3393,8 +3393,8 @@ Child Frames
>  
>    By design, operations to make or modify child frames are implemented
>  with the help of frame parameters (@pxref{Frame Parameters}) without any
> -specialized functions or customizable variables.  Note that child frames
> -are meaningful on graphical terminals only.
> +specialized functions or customizable variables.  Child frames
> +are meaningful on graphical and text terminals.
>  
>    To create a new child frame or to convert a normal frame into a child
>  frame, set that frame's @code{parent-frame} parameter (@pxref{Frame
>
> Robert

Thanks!

Can't answer your question, but I just stumbled over the last paragraph
above. Changing a root to a child frame or vice versa is also not
supported on ttys.