Re: Tab bar

[Juri Linkov]

>> I just created a small experimental Emacs Lisp library that
>> emulates the tab bar feature provided by most modern web
>> browsers, file managers and editors.  Tabs are very popular
>> nowadays mostly due to their ability to group units
>> equivalent to Emacs frames into one frame and providing
>> handles to switch them quickly inside one frame without
>> having to switch top-level frames.
>
> How does it compare with tabbar.el? I use that, and generally like it.

In tabbar.el the tab bar belongs to one window, but in tab-bar.el
that I presented it belongs to a frame.

>> Below is a screenshot how this feature currently looks in Emacs
>
> Unsolicited feedback: Too much wasted horizontal space.

This is a restriction from the implementation of the tool-bar
reused by tab-bar.el.  I don't know why the tool-bar inserts
extra space between icons.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/