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Fri, 24 May 2024 04:22:04 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <86o78v3b0t.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 24 May 2024 10:49:06 +0300") 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:285754 Archived-At: On Fri, May 24 2024, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: Joost Kremers >> Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 09:20:28 +0200 >>=20 >> The documentation for 'make-vtable' in vtable.texi has a small bug. Patch >> attached. > > Thanks, but... > >> @item width >> The width of the column. This is either a number (the width of that >> many @samp{x} characters in the table's face), or a string on the form >> -@samp{Xe@var{x}}, where @var{x} is a number of @samp{x} characters, or a >> -string on the form @samp{Xp@var{x}} (denoting a number of pixels), or a >> -string on the form @samp{X%} (a percentage of the window's width). >> +@samp{@var{x}ex}, where @var{x} is a number of @samp{x} characters, or a >> +string on the form @samp{@var{x}px} (denoting a number of pixels), or a >> +string on the form @samp{@var{x}%} (a percentage of the window's width). > > ...this sentence is a mouthfull: very hard to understand, and the use > of "x" in several different roles doesn't help. Can we please reword > this to be more clear? Would it help if the x's that refer to a number were replaced with 'n'? =E2=80=98width=E2=80=99 The width of the column. This is either a number (the width of that many =E2=80=98x=E2=80=99 characters in the table's face),= or a string on the form =E2=80=98Nex=E2=80=99, where N is a number of =E2=80= =98x=E2=80=99 characters, or a string on the form =E2=80=98Npx=E2=80=99 (denoting a number of pi= xels), or a string on the form =E2=80=98N%=E2=80=99 (a percentage of the wind= ow's width). In source: ``` @item width The width of the column. This is either a number (the width of that many @samp{x} characters in the table's face), or a string on the form @samp{@var{n}ex}, where @var{n} is a number of @samp{x} characters, or a string on the form @samp{@var{n}px} (denoting a number of pixels), or a string on the form @samp{@var{n}%} (a percentage of the window's width). ``` --=20 Joost Kremers Life has its moments