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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why?
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2025 01:03:33 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 7 Jun 2025 02:17:38 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote:

> However, I use emacs a lot at work, and its essentially like a
> tiling window manager, with frames and splitting the screen.

Don’t be confused by Emacs terminology. What it calls a “window” is 
actually just a region of a GUI window. When you open another GUI window, 
that’s called a “frame”. So whether that tiles or overlaps is up to your 
GUI setup.