[mac-lisp-ide] multiple-choice question

[Thomas F. Burdick]

Gary Byers writes:
 > Which of the following paradigms would people most like to see in a Mac
 > lisp IDE ?

I'd like to see (c), but with everything configured for (a).  GNU
Emacs can almost do (a), but it makes such heavy use of aweful pop-to-
and switch-to- functions in such a variety of contexts, with so many
dynamic variables affecting the outcome... that it's not quite
possible to pull off (a).  A focus on having (a) be the prefered
state, with (b) as a supported alternative, would probably help in
avoiding the Emacs situation.

I'm not actually a big fan of (b).  A useful variation is to have a
1:1 view:window relationship, with the possiblility of having a buffer
in any number of view/windows.  This is what Hemlock/X11 does by default.