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30.0.50; Adding window-tool-bar package.

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Jared Finder <jared <at> finder.org>
Cc: philipk <at> posteo.net, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 68765 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: bug#68765: 30.0.50; Adding window-tool-bar package.
Date: Sun, 12 May 2024 19:34:22 +0300

>>> >> It's been four weeks and I've seen no reply to this comment.  Are
>>> >> there any other concerns?
>>> >
>>> > Sorry, I didn't know that you expected that I should review your patch -
>>> > I was silent because your last patch has no changes in tab-line.el,
>>> > so I have no more objections in this regard.
>>> The reason why no changes are required in tab-line.el is
>>> because this feature is not exclusively for the tab line,
>>> so window-tool-bar.el should also handle the case
>>> when the tool bar is combined with the header line.
>>> For example, in Info mode the users might prefer to show
>>> the Info tool bar icons and Next/Prev/Up
>>> on the same header line.
>> If there's an agreement about this issue, could you, Jared, please
>> post the final patch reflecting the agreements?
>> If there's no agreement, what are the issues that prevent it?
>
> I'm unclear on what changes Juri would like to window-tool-bar.el.  Sorry
> for the really long reply, I just want to make sure things are extra clear
> so I can proceed.
>
> First, let me share some additional information.  window-tool-bar.el
> currently provides two ways for a user to put the tool bar buttons into tab
> line / header line / mode line:
>
> The command window-tool-bar-mode for simple enablement.
> The function window-tool-bar-string can be added as (:eval
> (window-tool-bar-string)) to tab-line-format, header-line-format, or
> mode-line-format programmatically for more advanced placement.
>
> I think the above interface is the right thing to have from a user
> perspective.  Then the most straightforward thing would be to make M-x
> window-tool-bar-mode behave similar to M-x tab-line-mode: it would always
> put the tool bar on the tab line, and only make changes if nothing else
> changed tab-line-format.
>
> Additionally, I would make a very small change then to tab-line.el to
> display a message to the user if M-x tab-line-mode does not actually
> changing anything to avoid user confusion as this now can happen by running
> commands (M-x window-tool-bar-mode RET M-x tab-line-mode RET, for example).
> I would add similar messaging to window-tool-bar as well.
>
> Does this sound like a good plan?

Thanks, looks like a good thing to do.

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