Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Elijah Gabe Pérez >> Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2025 14:00:27 -0600 >> >> tab-line by default displays all the tabs in the tab line, however >> this >> also includes the tab that are excluded in 'tab-line-exclude-modes' >> and >> 'tab-line-exclude-buffers', which IMO makes no sense. > > I think "makes no sense" is in the eyes of the beholder. These > variables determine which buffers should have the tab-line shown in > their windows, they don't mean these buffers should not be reachable > via the tab-line in other buffers. Hiding them in all tab-lines means > you cannot switch to those buffers except via "C-x b" or somesuch. > That is not the intent of these variables, AFAIU. Their intent is to > disable tab-line in buffers where showing the tab-line makes no sense. > The default value of tab-line-exclude-modes is a good example of that. Of course, but the variable names can be confusing, some users familiar with other tab-line-like packages might expect this feature. This may also depend on the users workflow; some may prefer to use the tab-line to display only relevant tabs and search for the rest with "C-x b". > But I won't object to adding a knob to have the behavior you want, if > Juri agrees, and there are no other objections. However, this must be > an opt-in behavior, by default off. Fine, I've added it as an option. >> Currently, it only works for 'tab-line-tabs-fixed-window-buffers'. > > Which IMO is a limitation that should be lifted, for this feature to > make sense. I expect to see bug reports if we don't. I've added it to the other relevant functions. >> +*** 'tab-line-tabs-fixed-window-buffers' now hides the excluded >> tabs. >> +All the buffers included in 'tab-line-exclude-buffers' and >> +'tab-line-exclude-modes' will not appear in the tab line only if >> +'tab-line-tabs-function' is set to >> 'tab-line-tabs-fixed-window-buffers'. > > A buffer cannot be "included" in a list of modes, so talking about a > buffer included in tab-line-exclude-modes is confusing. I suggest to > reword: > > *** Excluded buffers are no longer shown in tab-lines of other buffers. > Buffers that match 'tab-line-exclude-buffers' and buffers whose > modes are in 'tab-line-exclude-modes' will not appear in tab-lines > of other buffers. > Also, why isn't there either "+++" (and a suitable change to the > manual) or "---" for this entry? We don't want to defer the decision > whether and how to document the changes in the manuals to the time > when a release will be prepared, we want to make the necessary > documentation changes right away. So let's please decide now whether > this change deserves to be mentioned in the manuals, and act > accordingly. I forgot it, but i don't think this needs to be added to the manual, mostly because none of the NEWS entries in "Tab Bars and Tab Lines" are in the manual.