Hi:
I've been using Acme for a while and I really like it. I am using it
on a daily basis and now it is my official text editor and user
interface on linux and freebsd.
There are three issues that I want to discuss (really meaning suggest):

1. Is it possible to hide an entire column? I think it is not and I
have not read anything mentioning something similar. I think this
would be great, since it would allow me (and maybe other share this
opinion with me) to organize my work more easily. For example, lets
imagine that I am doing some C programming and testing using two
columns (which hold the C source and some window running rc). Then I
need to start writing a presentation or whatever using latex, so I
have to edit my latex files and compile them again and again, probably
using another window with rc on it. IMHO if you could temporary hide
the two previous columns (related to my C work), like you can do with
single windows, would help a lot.

On Wed Sep 10 11:15:35 EDT 2008, uair00@gmail.com wrote:

no. and you're right, it would be a great feature but it would take
quite a bit of rethinking.

not in the same way. you want to b3 ":-/text/" (no quotes)
in the tag. i'm sure there are other ways to do this.

- erik

2008/9/10 erik quanstrom coraid.com>:

Sorry to hear that.

Great, thanks.

On Sep 10, 2008, at 10:04 AM, hugo rivera wrote:

I think double-clicking on the box to the left of the column
information line thingy should do it.

On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 7:48 PM, Pietro Gagliardi mac.com> wrote:

erm. you really could have tried this first.
it doesn't take much, you know.

for the record, i once had a go at implementing a "hide" command within acme,
but i never got it stable enough to make available. it would be nice if more of
the invariants in the acme code were documented.

what i was really aiming towards was a way to allow acme to take
up multiple rio windows - the idea would be to allow dragging of acme
windows (or columns) between the acme rio windows. that way i could
edit a load of related files in a single rio window but avoid cluttering things
up when i want to digress into another project for a while (but also avoid
the risk of simul-editing a file that you get when starting two acmes at the
same time).

2008/9/10 Pietro Gagliardi mac.com>:

You mean the small purple box left of the column tag? probably I am
doing something wrong, but when I double click it with any mouse
button nothing happens. The best I can do is to click it then drag,
and then leave a very small column, that is still using some space
that I could use....

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 3:23 PM, hugo rivera gmail.com> wrote:

I think Pietro was making a suggestion, rather than explaining the
current state of affairs.
-sqweek

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:24 PM, sqweek gmail.com> wrote:

i think your doubts benefit more than mine do.

2008/9/11 sqweek gmail.com>:

Oops.
Well, I think is a good suggestion.
:-)