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Re: emacs-28 47cbd10: * lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-position): Improve t
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: emacs-28 47cbd10: * lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-position): Improve tooltip. |
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Wed, 13 Oct 2021 15:32:48 +0300 |
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 20:33:43 -0700
> Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
>
> Having thought about the various alternatives for a bit, my suggestion
> is this:
>
> "Window Scroll Position"
>
> It seems to capture that this is more about the window ("viewport" is
> accurate but not a term we normally use) than about the buffer itself.
> Buffer position seems to suggest that this has to do with the position
> of point, which we already have the column/line number display for.
>
> It will also avoid the problem that someone sees "Top" or "Bot", but the
> tooltip incorrectly says that it is a "Percentage".
>
> Does this sound like an acceptable conclusion to this discussion?
No, because "position" in Emacs is too tightly coupled with a simple
number that is a buffer position. Just look at our usage of that term
in the documentation.
- Re: emacs-28 47cbd10: * lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-position): Improve tooltip., Eli Zaretskii, 2021/10/09
- Re: emacs-28 47cbd10: * lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-position): Improve tooltip., Stefan Kangas, 2021/10/09
- Re: emacs-28 47cbd10: * lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-position): Improve tooltip., Stefan Kangas, 2021/10/09
- Re: emacs-28 47cbd10: * lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-position): Improve tooltip., Eli Zaretskii, 2021/10/09
- Re: emacs-28 47cbd10: * lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-position): Improve tooltip., Andreas Schwab, 2021/10/09
- Re: emacs-28 47cbd10: * lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-position): Improve tooltip., Eli Zaretskii, 2021/10/09
- Re: emacs-28 47cbd10: * lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-position): Improve tooltip., Omar Polo, 2021/10/09
- Re: emacs-28 47cbd10: * lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-position): Improve tooltip., Stefan Kangas, 2021/10/12
- Re: emacs-28 47cbd10: * lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-position): Improve tooltip.,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: emacs-28 47cbd10: * lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-position): Improve tooltip., Stefan Kangas, 2021/10/13
- Re: emacs-28 47cbd10: * lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-position): Improve tooltip., Stefan Kangas, 2021/10/13
- Re: emacs-28 47cbd10: * lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-position): Improve tooltip., Eli Zaretskii, 2021/10/13
- Re: emacs-28 47cbd10: * lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-position): Improve tooltip., Stefan Kangas, 2021/10/13
- Re: emacs-28 47cbd10: * lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-position): Improve tooltip., Eli Zaretskii, 2021/10/13
- Re: emacs-28 47cbd10: * lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-position): Improve tooltip., Andreas Schwab, 2021/10/09
RE: [External] : Re: emacs-28 47cbd10: * lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-position): Improve tooltip., Drew Adams, 2021/10/09