From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11934: 24.1; provide variable for pp.el to control max display width Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 17:53:43 +0200 Message-ID: <87bn4tafw8.fsf@gnus.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1461858862 15759 80.91.229.3 (28 Apr 2016 15:54:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 15:54:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 11934@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 28 17:54:14 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1avoGa-00007q-Ik for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 17:54:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49927 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avoGa-0002CC-6k for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:54:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50210) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avoGV-000297-Ia for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:54:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avoGQ-0006Yx-JO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:54:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:40986) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avoGQ-0006Yf-Gy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:54:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avoGQ-0006Fs-CM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:54:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 15:54:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11934 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 11934-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11934.146185882724020 (code B ref 11934); Thu, 28 Apr 2016 15:54:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11934) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Apr 2016 15:53:47 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53323 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avoGB-0006FM-Hr for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:53:47 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:59855) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avoGA-0006FA-KH for 11934@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:53:46 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.1.64.getinternet.no ([84.215.1.64] helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1avoG8-0004UH-5n; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 17:53:46 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:48:04 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117082 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > The request is to provide a variable that controls the width of the > displayed expression, or at least tries to as much as possible. > > For example, I have a variable whose value is this: > > (bbdb-complete-name comint-completion-at-point > comint-dynamic-complete-filename comint-replace-by-expanded-filename > ess-complete-object-name gud-gdb-complete-command Info-goto-node > Info-index Info-menu lisp-complete-symbol lisp-completion-at-point > minibuffer-default-add-completions read-char-by-name read-color > read-from-minibuffer read-string recentf-make-menu-items) [...] > It would be good to be able to bind a max-width variable that lets the > pp functions know that it is better, if possible, to insert newline > chars to try to keep the width below that var's value. I agree. What pp does now with simple lists isn't optimal. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no