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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: sbaugh@catern.com
Cc: sbaugh@janestreet.com, schwab@linux-m68k.org, 64533-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64533: [PATCH] Support displaying function name in the header line
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2023 11:02:50 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83v8eld2l1.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r0phkndb.fsf@catern.com> (sbaugh@catern.com)

> From: sbaugh@catern.com
> Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2023 17:26:09 +0000 (UTC)
> Cc: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@janestreet.com>, schwab@linux-m68k.org,
> 	64533@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> +This should be a list of symbols.  If it contains 'mode, display
> >> +in the mode line.  If it contains 'header, display in the header
> >> +line."
> >
> > Which leaves it to the user to deduce that '(mode header) means both:
> > yet another reason not to prefer this kind of values in user options.
> >
> > It also doesn't tell how to disable this display: another riddle left
> > to the user to solve.
> >
> > Let's always remember that Emacs users are not necessarily experienced
> > Lispers.  User options should not be "tricky", especially where such
> > trickery is unjustified.  And the doc strings should not pose riddles,
> > however logical they seem to us.
> >
> > Thanks.
> 
> Fair point.  Back to the single symbol.

Thanks, installed on master, and closing the bug.





  reply	other threads:[~2023-07-15  8:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-07-08 17:56 bug#64533: [PATCH] Support displaying function name in the header line Spencer Baugh
2023-07-08 18:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-08 18:14   ` Spencer Baugh
2023-07-08 18:33     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-08 19:26       ` Spencer Baugh
2023-07-08 20:46         ` Andreas Schwab
2023-07-08 20:56           ` Spencer Baugh
2023-07-08 20:58             ` Spencer Baugh
2023-07-09  5:36               ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-09 17:26                 ` sbaugh
2023-07-15  8:02                   ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-07-09  5:29             ` Eli Zaretskii

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