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From: preece@ccvaxa.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Bogus transient windows in Unipress
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Date: Fri, 17-Oct-86 12:08:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 17 12:08:00 1986
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Nf-From: ccvaxa.UUCP!preece    Oct 17 11:08:00 1986


I haven't really used Unipress emacs enough to have a strong
feeling about transient windows, but they SEEm like a good
idea to me, as I'm sure they do to Unipress.

I HATE having the help system scrozzle the windows I have
on screen.  I often expend silly amounts of effort on having
the windows int the relationship to each other than I want
them to have (size and position both count).  Most emacses
seem rather cavalier about this -- anything that emacs wants
to get your attention about causes it to use one of your
windows, generally with no thought to getting back to
exactly the screen layout you had.  Unipress's transient
windows are at least trying to go that way -- they only
appear temporarily and don't screw up what's underneath.
I consider that thoughtful. [I make no representations
about whether they work or not...]

I have always been of the "messy-desk" persuasion -- my desk
has many piles, but I know where most everything in them is.
If the janitors re-arranged my piles every night I would be
mightily displeased.  My video desktop is just as important
to me; I don't like emacs screwing with my windows.

-- 
scott preece
gould/csd - urbana
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