bug#51935: 29.0.50; tab-switch hides identically named tabs

[Carlos Pita]

Hi Juri,

> How adding a numeric suffix in completions of tab-switch (C-x t RET)
> could help to disambiguate the tabs?  If there will be such automatically
> generated completions as "same-buffer<1>", "same-buffer<2>", "same-buffer<3>",
> there is no way for users to distinguish these tabs.

Tabs are positional so the position can be used to disambiguate
choices. I would use it as a suffix but only where it helps
disambiguate options.

That said, I believe even "same-buffer<1>", "same-buffer<2>",
"same-buffer<3>" is preferable to nothing, first because it's the same
in tab-switcher, tabs are all named equal and it's only the position
that distinguishes them, adding a sequential number conveys the same
information than the position in the tab-switcher menu, so if that's
good for one case it's likely good for the other one as well, at least
as long as it doesn't make completion cumbersome, which is the case
when it's a suffix sparingly added; second, because as it is today one
gets the impression that tabs are missing, it can get pretty
confusing, more confusing than arbitrary suffixes I would say. Notice that I
don't use the tabbar (and I believe I'm not alone in that respect) so I rely
on the tab list to get an overall picture every now and then, sometimes to
figure out what tabs need renaming.

Best regards,
Carlos