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@ 2006-09-25 16:59 Eddward DeVilla
  2006-09-25 18:08 ` Carsten Dominik
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Eddward DeVilla @ 2006-09-25 16:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode

Hi,

    I've started to play with the agenda buffer and right up front
I've hit a bit of a problem.  I tend to open really big emacs frames
(aka, a big window) and then open up several windows (aka. buffers) in
the frame.  When I open the agenda buffer, I lose all of my windows
and get two windows stacked one above the other with the agenda buffer
in the bottom.  Is there a way to just open an agenda buffer in the
current window and is there a reason why that would be bad?

Edd

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* Re: opening an agenda buffer
  2006-09-25 16:59 opening an agenda buffer Eddward DeVilla
@ 2006-09-25 18:08 ` Carsten Dominik
  2006-09-28  6:23   ` Christopher Kuettner
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Carsten Dominik @ 2006-09-25 18:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Eddward DeVilla; +Cc: emacs-orgmode


On Sep 25, 2006, at 18:59, Eddward DeVilla wrote:

> Hi,
>
>    I've started to play with the agenda buffer and right up front
> I've hit a bit of a problem.  I tend to open really big emacs frames
> (aka, a big window) and then open up several windows (aka. buffers) in
> the frame.  When I open the agenda buffer, I lose all of my windows
> and get two windows stacked one above the other with the agenda buffer
> in the bottom.  Is there a way to just open an agenda buffer in the
> current window and is there a reason why that would be bad?

The first reason why it is the way it is:  I like it, and nobody had
(so far...) complained :-)

The second reason:  There are, in fact, too many possibilities,
including opening an extra, dedicated frame etc.  Doing this
gets messy, and I am dreading the box of pandora behind
supporting all these possibilities.

Another reason:  When working from the agenda, org-mode often
displays something in the "other window", usually the original
location of an item in the agenda. How should org-mode know which
"other window" to chose for displaying something, if it is not
allowed to take over the frame? It is hard to do this in a way
that suits everyone.

Anyway, now that somebody did complain, I will put some thought into
this, but don't expect a completely general, configurable solution.
If you have, after reading this, more thoughts about how things should
work, please let us know.

- Carsten



--
Carsten Dominik
Sterrenkundig Instituut "Anton Pannekoek"
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Kruislaan 403
NL-1098SJ Amsterdam
phone: +31 20 525 7477

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* Re: opening an agenda buffer
  2006-09-25 18:08 ` Carsten Dominik
@ 2006-09-28  6:23   ` Christopher Kuettner
  2006-09-28  6:44     ` Carsten Dominik
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Christopher Kuettner @ 2006-09-28  6:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Emacs-orgmode

> If you have, after reading this, more thoughts about how things should
> work, please let us know.

When invoking the Angenda-Dispatcher, the program asks itself: "Is there 
already a buffer *Agenda* opened?".  If yes, then don't change any 
windows/frames configuration but just update the contents of the buffer.

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* Re: opening an agenda buffer
  2006-09-28  6:23   ` Christopher Kuettner
@ 2006-09-28  6:44     ` Carsten Dominik
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Carsten Dominik @ 2006-09-28  6:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Christopher Kuettner; +Cc: Emacs-orgmode

Yes, this is a constructive proposal, and it is actually brain-dead 
that this is not the way things work right now.  I will change this.

Thanks

- Carsten

On Sep 28, 2006, at 8:23, Christopher Kuettner wrote:

>> If you have, after reading this, more thoughts about how things should
>> work, please let us know.
>
> When invoking the Angenda-Dispatcher, the program asks itself: "Is 
> there already a buffer *Agenda* opened?".  If yes, then don't change 
> any windows/frames configuration but just update the contents of the 
> buffer.
>
>
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--
Carsten Dominik
Sterrenkundig Instituut "Anton Pannekoek"
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Kruislaan 403
NL-1098SJ Amsterdam
phone: +31 20 525 7477

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