Re: dedicated frames - not quite special-display

[Kevin Rodgers]

Stefan Monnier wrote:

> > > I'm looking for something like the special-display function, but with
> > > a twist.  I would like to dedicate a frame to a *list* of buffers
> > > (preferably defined with a regexp), such that the frame can only
> > > display those buffers.  An example would be a gnus-only frame, where
> > > it could display all gnus buffers within it (and bbdb and ispell), but
> > > not be able to switch to a java file.
> > >
> > > Does such a creature exist?  Thanks!


Does dframe.el provide the functionality you want?  It's distributed with
speedbar at http://cedet.sourceforge.net/speedbar.shtml


> > What a great idea!  I wonder if you could develop a framework based on
> > advising switch-to-buffer?  Before jumping in to this, I'd wait to see
> > if the gurus know of an easier way. 
>
> I'd stay away from switch-to-buffer, personally.
> Instead, I'd start with display-buffer-function.


And set a user-defined frame parameter to the list of buffers the frame may

display?

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Kevin Rodgers <kevinr@ihs.com>