Re: [RP] argh. split-screen help.

[Jonathan Walther]

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So a more pertinent question is, what would the UI of the GIMP look like if
it *was* designed to play nicely without the rat.  Then one of us could hack
gtk or whatever.  Theres also the problem with my mail downloader + mutt;
I'd like mutt to take up all but the top 4 lines of the screen, and the mail
downloader just the bottom 4; that way I could see if new mail came in without
losing half the screen.  Maybe theres a better way to achieve that result; I'll
have to check into it.

Jonathan

On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, shawn wrote:
> I find this to be very cumbersome in emacs and I'm generally pretty
> loose with windows under emacs. The reason window configurations are
> not that useful in emacs is because all buffers are at your fingertips
> so being able to see several buffers at once and flipping between
> different configs doesn't buy you much. In my experience the same goes
> for screen and I think the same is true for ratpoison (perhaps not
> quite as advanced as emacs). I don't think that splitting your screen
> all to hell is very productive. Beyond making fancy screenshots and
> pushing the theoretical limit, I can't imagine why you'd want to do
> it. Split screen allows you to view a couple windows if you really
> need it, but its not meant to replace a tiling WM.
> 
> This whole 'but what about the gimp' line of arguments is really
> getting on my nerves. Who here ACTUALLY uses the gimp on a regular
> basis?? The gimp is so ratcentric (if you don't use scripting as mhp
> pointed out) its not even funny. My stance is: if you want to use the
> gimp go boot up some steroid rat WM, the gimp has very very little
> influence on the development of ratpoison.

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