Re: emacs for everything?

[Kai Grossjohann]

floyd@barrow.com (Floyd L. Davidson) writes:

> After looking at that web page, I'll admit that I just don't see
> much value in what it does compared to using the FvwmPager module
> with simply a large number of virtual desktops.

Hm.  This seems to be very difficult to answer, since desktops and
tabbed windows are so different.

Most of the time, my screen layout consists of a full-height window in
the left hald of the screen and another full-height window in the
right half.  In this setup, I could put an FvwmTabs window on the left
and another FvwmTabs window on the right, and then I could put
multiple xterms into each, and then I'd be able to choose which xterm
to see on the left and which xterm to see on the right.

This is not possible with virtual desktops.

> I didn't look into exactly how the tab system decides what label
> to apply in each tab.  Hopefully it is something useful, though
> in fact I have yet to see one that is for me.  I don't relate
> short names (or icons) to what a program is being used for.  In
> particular I may have several similar projects going, all of
> which use some of the same programs.  Hence just a program name
> is no clue at all to which tab I might be interested in.

You could make one FvwmTabs window for each project.  Then you
automatically know which project each program belongs to, since you
know which tab it is in.

(That would be similar to placing the relevant windows on the same
desktop.)

> But aside from that aspect, the tab system is just too
> restricted.  I don't want to switch between projects on the same
> screen or worse yet the same window.

Well, you get the tabs in addition to virtual desktops, so you only
gain features, you don't lose any.

Kai