Re: Tabs

[Juri Linkov]

>> > It is not what I get!  I never see a tab-bar with that code.  No tabs in
>> > Info mode buffers.  We obviously see something different!
>>
>> Have you really enabled tab-bar-mode?
>
> Ok, when I explicitly enable it it works.  But I had expected that the
> custom setter of `tab-bar-show' would already do that...?

`tab-bar-show' affects only tab commands.

>> > Plus, what I really want to achieve is to have tabs in Info and _no_
>> > tab-bar in other buffers - a hidden instead of an empty tab bar.  Is
>> > that even possible?
>>
>> This is possible but will have a “shaking” effect: switching to
>> an Info buffer will shift the whole text area down to free screen space
>> for the tab-bar, and switching to another buffer will move text up
>> after automatically removing the tab-bar.
>
> I think that would be acceptable: all buffers where I want tabs will
> probably be displayed in a separate one-window frame.  Ok, and how do I
> get that?

Then the solution is much simpler - in that frame just set

  (set-frame-parameter nil 'tab-bar-lines 1)

and to 0 in all other frames.