Re: ECB

[Richard Stallman]

    First of all we would have to specify what it is that 
"speedbar-like"-behavior.

I would define it as "whatever behavior Speedbar offers
that users would miss if they had to switch to ECB."
                                                                                
    Is it:
    1. The combination of directory- and file-content-browsing within one 
       window (ECB separates the directory- and file-browser and the 
       contents-browser in different windows whereas speedbar displays all 
       stuff in one big tree
    2. Displaying all stuff in an extra frame
    3. Offering all the special-modes of speedbar, e.g. "buffers"-mode, 
       "info"-mode etc...
    4. Supporting all packages which currently use the speedbar-API to display
       special views for certain code-types (e.g. vhdl-mode.el)

In principle, any and all of these that a substantial number of users
like.  Perhaps users don't really like #1; they might generally prefer
the ECB approach.  I don't know whether users like #2, but I suspect
some do.  #3 and #4 are features, so I'm sure users like them.