Over on the Emacs subreddit, freetonik has an interesting tip for Emacs users. The idea is to have several frames each dedicated to a particular function. It made me think of Xah Lee because he likes to work (mostly) with frames rather than windows. Really, though, it’s more like what many of us do with our window managers: we dedicate one window to, say, our editor, another to the browser, a third to things like email, and so on.
It’s a natural way to work but I don’t think I’d like it for Emacs. That may be just because it’s not what I do now and that I’d like it if I tried it but probably not. The thing about Emacs is that it’s really easy—especially with Ivy, Helm, or Ido—to find and switch to any buffer you want. In many of the cases mentioned by freetonik, I have dedicated keys to go directly to a desired buffer. For example, F6 brings up the mu4e main menu for email and Hyper+e brings up a full screen eshell.
Still, if like many of us, you’re essentially using Emacs as a window manager (because all your tasks operate inside it), it might make sense to dedicate frames to certain tasks just as we do with “real” window managers. Is anyone, besides freetonik, doing this? If so, how is it working for you? Leave us the benefit of your wisdom in the comments.