[OS X Emacs] Aquamacs and Spaces

[prathouz at uchicago.edu]

David --

Thanks. OK. I found 'dnd-open-file-other-window' It works as expected *if* 
the currently open frame contains at least one file buffer. But, if it 
only contains, say, a *scratch* buffer and a dired buffer, then it opens 
the file as a new tab in the existing frame.  It would be nice to have it 
open in a new frame regardless, or at least if any buffer visiting a file 
or a directory is open.

-- pr

On Fri, 2 Jul 2010, David Reitter wrote:

> On Jul 2, 2010, at 12:02 AM, <prathouz at uchicago.edu> 
> <prathouz at uchicago.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Just downloaded the nightly build and this behavior (a new frame when a 
>> new file is opened from the finder) does not seem to have survived.  I 
>> would very much like to have it maintained because I tend to open files 
>> from Finder when they represent a different project in my workflow ... 
>> hence I want them in different frames and maybe even in different 
>> "Spaces" on my desktop.  On the other hand, when I am working on a 
>> given project, I am most likely to open other files in the same or 
>> close-by diretories, so it is easy and natural to do this from within 
>> Emacs and put those buffers in the same frame, taking advantage of the 
>> tabs nicely implemented in Aquamacs.
>
> We do have a configuration variable for this - see here: 
> http://aquamacs.org/nightlies.shtml
>
> Let me know if you succeed in configuring it to your needs.
>
> - David

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