RE: When do you prefer windows instead of frames? Was: When do you prefer frames instead of windows?

[Drew Adams]

> > I would ask an opposite question: IF you could use Emacs frames
> > as easily as you can use Emacs windows, in what scenarios would
> > you prefer using Emacs windows, and why?
> 
> For supporting tasks only: Imagine you are starting from a full-screen
> window and want to see temporarily a variable definition in a second
> window while still hacking away.  The advantage is that window
> operations, like C-x } enlarge-window-horizontally,
> delete-other-windows-vertically,... operate simultaneously on all
> windows.  In such situations it seems to me much more convenient to
> use windows than set it up with frames.

Again - but what "IF you could use Emacs frames as easily as you
can use Emacs windows"?  That's the question.

Pop up a *Help* frame instead of a *Help* window to show help.  Hit
`C-x 0' to get rid of that frame when you're done.  You probably do
not need to resize the frame (e.g., if the frame is automatically
fit to the size of just the *Help* text).  But if you do, then use
keys to resize it, just as you would for a window.

IOW, think past what you can do with a window (resize, move, control
where it pops up, etc.) that you think you cannot easily do with a
frame now.

I certainly agree that if frames are not made as convenient to
interact with (i.e., the same kinds of operations you use on
windows) then Emacs windows remain useful.  But if Emacs *did*
support such operations with frames, out of the box,...