From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Heerdegen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11934: 24.1; provide variable for pp.el to control max display width Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:14:56 +0200 Message-ID: <87k2jg4i3j.fsf@web.de> References: <87bn4tafw8.fsf@gnus.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1461939404 29700 80.91.229.3 (29 Apr 2016 14:16:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:16:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 11934@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 29 16:16:34 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 1aw9Dc-0000D4-86 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:16:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54787 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aw9DW-0000vm-NV for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:16:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56031) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aw9DN-0000ii-Br for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:16:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aw9DB-00088p-Mc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:16:11 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:43033) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aw9DB-00087g-Jn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:16:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1aw9D8-0000wQ-6t for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:16:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Michael Heerdegen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:16:02 +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=B11934.14619393181130 (code B ref 11934); Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:16:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11934) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Apr 2016 14:15:18 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55370 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1aw9CM-0000E3-GK for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:15:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.web.de ([212.227.15.3]:57828) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1aw9CH-0008VU-OC for 11934@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:15:13 -0400 Original-Received: from drachen.dragon ([94.217.122.112]) by smtp.web.de (mrweb004) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MW6Ib-1bBB4V2hBp-00XNs0; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:14:58 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87bn4tafw8.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Thu, 28 Apr 2016 17:53:43 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.93 (gnu/linux) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:Rmxr6TfPnIH9fSP8B9Ah9CYoeJKfrhjedu1dGQHMpM7yQaiYweQ oc5jwtvgGj7f89mqOxakvaBPG5istc5jgeLisNB0ayrVPuBO8I9nosSqSg+Q0ke3mSnfTKn tWVi0/GIQ/XzF2OOLEGQGMTDl88/kGTplij6YQzba5YgeldLc4weub446UTsVa3mbTLx1mY aZP9oPYeVv8o5c5i97plw== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:GiMFtJSVmkA=:Do+8Nt5Ns1ylhlHtoML1jV eV2SNtuD7bp/lkDUWmeuVhEjrPIY5hf9OyaAp2FIIv0j+de8FeED5vAVg5IfuXVuxp5vbkhKr MzL8qDuVKA/cBr0KpqInfMX8N805LICO353zcabrT1MCcVrAPPGypsqaYCbFkbBZyduTQws4u PR1jTlICpFH/QtqRBvnzUv/GvA3cV+u3NmEhS5nq/me97ZbRyDfklo8IkZ69lxvPW/ezIqyRp WIy+uMLgp6AVLUnDh5n9u+fsduCyZCUM7OHSl3iN0EeMCNVMIeeHLYhL1kgEUi5K5xmXG2qYh gwbodUK3t56KtLPPvcVlbyo9lkU8QgYnoNosj2PeFlAw9SMAPleBUEV54MtI50YXgg0vt/q8K YiOJtePFqrblU+DZDb7SukjQV0dRYU30M8C7TXkulgIH1GKw2vDbumlce9I4HIrqRmoG3HPBa mtPwNsfhkxhaRS5GXYoDIboGBboTBRc1RN9v7Q8viSVIb0O8fKo3q2a/qD8lrwUNi7rZaWZai mOXtWX02X5WwI2PIXSRsP/IMIYe+mLVi/W5hsr7VEC6zTkK/X0smS/ayCGwBnqQA3sZVoOKyH /Bc5GEK/g5LYf0/CUIGQg44O586/6rUq1mDdkcdZBw1UYyyBd8wdv0xzYRHx7CK+gpMOzD+qf pQwNPix5SZn4cDQMPymKMKEu7fmEFFsTcT2T8M69c+ue0DZjgAH51oef+p6Du80yE9w8Fhj0+ caEk7kQv1PX7FT3ACQM2NrUW+BvHqQgIB1rJO5gGS2pR5qX4ANPJhoV5PcusJsd8FhL9lzrx 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:117180 Archived-At: Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: > I agree. What pp does now with simple lists isn't optimal. AFAICT pp.el could be extended easily for handling this problem. pp is currently very simple - see `pp-to-string'. It does just `prin1' (which does most of the work already) the object into a temp buffer. Then it does some simple cleanups: `pp-buffer'. That would be the function to extend (Drew, wanne give it a try?). But of course handling this problem is not trivial: we can't distinguish "simple lists" from code, and what might look good for the first might look weird for a macro call with a special lisp-indent-function value (e.g. imagine a `defun' call with a line break inserted just after "defun"). Another challenge is what to do if we have already nearly exhausted the width limit. Michael.