Kyle Jones <kyle_jones(a)wonderworks.com&gt; 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. <start_flamewar_howto> 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. </start_flamewar_howto>

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.

When having two windows in a frame, you probably should have two gutters as well ...