From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
Cc: 12840@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12840: 24.2.50; ediff: mode-line of control buffer - improvement request
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 15:50:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87leu0sme0.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wnesb835.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Wed, 11 May 2022 13:51:42 +0200")
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:
>
>> The "quick help" is what you get when you hit `?`. Look: Without the
>>
>> (setq ediff-window-setup-function 'ediff-setup-windows-plain)
>>
>> setting, the control frame doesn't display a mode-line, but after
>> hitting `?` it does, and the "Quick Help" info gets visible. My
>> interpretation is that 'ediff-setup-windows-plain has been added later,
>> after quick help, and the "Quick Help" string was never intended to be
>> visible all the time. Plausible?
>
> Yes, that sounds likely to me.
I've now done these changes in Emacs 29 -- removed the "Quick Help"
thing with the plain setting, and made the informative parts bold (using
your suggested function).
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-06-13 13:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-08 17:29 bug#12840: 24.2.50; ediff: mode-line of control buffer - improvement request Michael Heerdegen
2022-05-10 12:08 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-05-11 0:02 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-05-11 11:51 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-13 13:50 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2022-06-14 14:45 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-06-15 12:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-19 12:30 ` Michael Heerdegen
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