From f4687eec34e3f5484c7a12361e84103c5e6452e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kévin Le Gouguec Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2024 17:37:04 +0100 Subject: Explain the hype for toggle-window-dedicated --- reviews/emacs/hype.org | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) (limited to 'reviews') diff --git a/reviews/emacs/hype.org b/reviews/emacs/hype.org index cf57734..a908338 100644 --- a/reviews/emacs/hype.org +++ b/reviews/emacs/hype.org @@ -82,6 +82,22 @@ Sounds useful though. **** ~completion-preview-mode~ *** Window management **** ~toggle-window-dedicated~ (=C-x w d=) +Matches my "opportunistic" window "management" perfectly; I generally +do not mind Emacs popping buffers left and right, but on occasion I'll +be… + +- working on window (a), +- about to run a command 𝒳 that shows results in another window, +- having a window (b) displaying notes I want to keep visible, +- having a window (c) I consider disposable, + +But 𝒳 would clobber (b) to display its results. Being able to +"freeze" (b) and ensure commands in (a) dump their results in (c) is +neat. =M-: (set-window-dedicated-p nil t)= is a thing I've actually +run on occasion. + +Also, the mode-line indicator has the nice side-effect of making the +behavior of rigid interfaces à la ~gdb-many-windows~ less suprising. * 29 ** =:core= promotions A couple of ELPA packages have moved to emacs.git, making them -- cgit v1.2.3