From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#44068: 28.0.50; Faulty uses of tabulated-list-format Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2020 17:09:30 +0200 Message-ID: <83sg9pb1lh.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87imb7e242.fsf@gmx.net> <83zh4ipbli.fsf@gnu.org> <877drm13j3.fsf@gmx.net> <831rhuoy36.fsf@gnu.org> <87y2k2yqqb.fsf@gmx.net> <87h7qori97.fsf@gmx.net> <874kmcfy2h.fsf@rub.de> <875z6rmlrj.fsf@rub.de> <87r1pcu155.fsf@rub.de> <83tuu7d6of.fsf@gnu.org> <87mtzz4c6y.fsf@rub.de> <83imance71.fsf@gnu.org> <87blge11cw.fsf@rub.de> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="9777"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: stefankangas@gmail.com, 44068@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stephen Berman Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 04 16:11:30 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kaKRe-0002SB-9c for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2020 16:11:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49810 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kaKRd-0008Pv-8o for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2020 10:11:29 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57194) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kaKQE-0006Q7-86 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2020 10:10:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:38703) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kaKQD-0006qD-Up for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2020 10:10:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kaKQD-0000bG-PL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2020 10:10:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2020 15:10:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 44068 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 44068-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B44068.16045025832276 (code B ref 44068); Wed, 04 Nov 2020 15:10:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 44068) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Nov 2020 15:09:43 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50249 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kaKPu-0000ae-J6 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2020 10:09:42 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:57042) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kaKPs-0000aS-Ng for 44068@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2020 10:09:41 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:41126) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kaKPn-0006om-FL; Wed, 04 Nov 2020 10:09:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=2210 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kaKPm-0006Of-VW; Wed, 04 Nov 2020 10:09:35 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87blge11cw.fsf@rub.de> (message from Stephen Berman on Wed, 04 Nov 2020 00:12:31 +0100) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:192670 Archived-At: > From: Stephen Berman > Cc: stefankangas@gmail.com, 44068@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2020 00:12:31 +0100 > > > Can you describe the result? I don't think I have a clear idea what > > it will be. > > There are two features the patch provides: > > - All sortable columns in tabulated-list-mode derivatives that are wide > enough to display a sort indicator when selected do so (sortable > columns that are not wide enough include e.g. the first three in the > Buffer-menu-mode table). In contrast, currently, i.e. without the > patch, all final sortable columns and some non-final ones that are > wide enough do not display the sort indicator when selected. > > - When a column (whether selected or not) is made narrower (by > repeatedly typing `{') than the length of the column label in the > header line, the label is truncated and displays a trailing ellipis, > just like the data lines of such columns in the table (if such a > narrowed column is sortable and selected, the the sort indicator is > still displayed after the ellipis). In contrast, currently, the > column labels are not truncated, which can lead to misalignment > between the header line and the data lines. (However, even with the > patch, misalignment can happen, because the data lines can be > truncated to display nothing but the ellipis, while the header line > labels always show at least the first letter of the label. I think > the display of the data lines here is questionable, but dealing with > that is another issue.) Sound like good improvements, thanks.