[mac-lisp-ide] multiple-choice question

[Randall Beer]

I vote for (c) as well.  As a long-time Mac user, I prefer (a), but (b) 
is occasionally useful.  As long as I can set things up so that, by 
default, I get a new window every time I open a file, I'm happy.  When 
I want multiple buffers in a window, something like a split-pane bar 
that I can drag down is very natural.

On Feb 18, 2004, at 7:04 AM, Gary Byers wrote:

> Which of the following paradigms would people most like to see in a Mac
> lisp IDE ?  (As used below, the term "window" means what [X]Emacs would
> call a "frame", i.e., a window-system window, and the term "view" means
> about what [X]Emacs would call a "window": some portion of a 
> window-system
> window used to present a buffer and associated info (modeline, etc.)).
>
> a) traditional Mac/Cocoa behavior, where there's typically a 1:1
> relationship between a buffer and a window and usually a single view
> per window; the distinction between a buffer/view/window is often
> nearly (and sometimes completely) blurred.
>
> b) traditional [X]Emacs behavior, where buffers can be presented in
> arbitrary views in arbitrary windows.
>
> c) (a) and (b) aren't mutually exclusive: the two paradigms can be
> integrated in an intuitive, usable fashion (perhaps by noting that
> (a)'s pretty much a proper subset of (b)).  This is an essay question.
>
> d) both (a) and (b) are worth supporting, but they don't mix too well:
> a global preference should give the user a choice between (a) and (b).
>
> e) none of the above
>
> I personally lean towards (c), but I'm still working on the essay
> question.  I think that it's fair to say that (a)'s simpler to fit
> into the Cocoa document-based application model, but I think that
> that model's general enough to support (b) as well.
>
> Gary Byers
> gb at clozure.com
>
>
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