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@@ -82,6 +82,22 @@ Sounds useful though.
**** ~completion-preview-mode~
*** Window management
**** ~toggle-window-dedicated~ (=C-x w d=)
+Matches my "opportunistic" window "management" perfectly; I generally
+do not mind Emacs popping buffers left and right, but on occasion I'll
+be…
+
+- working on window (a),
+- about to run a command 𝒳 that shows results in another window,
+- having a window (b) displaying notes I want to keep visible,
+- having a window (c) I consider disposable,
+
+But 𝒳 would clobber (b) to display its results. Being able to
+"freeze" (b) and ensure commands in (a) dump their results in (c) is
+neat. =M-: (set-window-dedicated-p nil t)= is a thing I've actually
+run on occasion.
+
+Also, the mode-line indicator has the nice side-effect of making the
+behavior of rigid interfaces à la ~gdb-many-windows~ less suprising.
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** =:core= promotions
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