On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Reiner Pope <reiner.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11/05/11 17:27, Jean-Philippe Bernardy wrote: > > Rather than adding a new window type, It would be a lot easier to > > 1. Change the layout algorithm to put mini windows at the bottom > 2. Creation of a miniwindow if one already exists. > > I'm not sure I understand your second point.
It should have read: 2. Prevent the creation of a miniwindow if one already exists. > Regarding the first point, I think the key point is: how do people use > miniwindows? Specifically: > > Can you think of an example where you would want to have multiple > miniwindows open concurrently? Emacs and (apparently) vi don't support this. > Also, can you give me an example where you would want to have a miniwindow > visiting a file, rather than requesting user input? (I would imagine that > when visiting a file, you would like as much space available to view the > contents as possible, and hence not use a miniwindow.) > > I can't think of any examples. If there aren't any examples, then I would > say that the miniwindow is sufficiently different from regular windows to > warrant adding a new window type specifically for it. You can find differences between miniwindows, but that doesn't mean they are sufficiently different to require a new type. Also there are other options: maybe a different case in the Window type? Feel free to experiment; I am only explaining the reasons why things are designed as they are. Cheers, JP. -- Yi development mailing list yi-devel@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/yi-devel
