Didier Verna writes:
Kyle Jones <kyle_jones(a)wonderworks.com> wrote:
> Andy Piper writes:
> > The problem is that the bottom gutter sits under the
> > modeline rather than the minibuffer. It needs to do this
> > so that it looks relevant to the window it sits next
> > to. Thus the minibuffer comes between the bottom border
> > and the bottom gutter.
>
> I think this means that the bottom gutter should be moved. It
> isn't relevant to the bottommostwindow per se, it's a frame
> element. For instance if I'm using buffer tabs and have two
> windows in the frame then the bottom gutter isn't more relevant
> to one window than the other.
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I just thought, we have one menubar per frame. We have one minibuffer per
frame. I'm beginning to think I wouldn't mind having only one modeline per
frame. I even wouldn't mind having it under the menubar.
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You can get most of the way there with
(set-specifier has-modeline-p nil)
(setq frame-title-format modeline-format)
While it's not difficult for people to mentally associate the
menubar / toolbar context to a particular window, it's more
difficult for tabs because they're supposed to be visually
attached to the associated window.
Yes, for tabs, but let's not confuse the tabs with the gutter.
Tabs are but one possible application. For tabs to be visually
associated with a window we'd need per window gutters, as we have
per window scrollbars.
When having two windows in a frame, you probably should have
two gutters as well ...
Yes.