From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: stefankangas@gmail.com, 44068@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44068: 28.0.50; Faulty uses of tabulated-list-format
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2020 23:55:12 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wnz0u3zj.fsf@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83sg9pb1lh.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 04 Nov 2020 17:09:30 +0200")
On Wed, 04 Nov 2020 17:09:30 +0200 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>> From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>
>> Cc: stefankangas@gmail.com, 44068@debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2020 00:12:31 +0100
>>
>> > Can you describe the result? I don't think I have a clear idea what
>> > it will be.
>>
>> There are two features the patch provides:
>>
>> - All sortable columns in tabulated-list-mode derivatives that are wide
>> enough to display a sort indicator when selected do so (sortable
>> columns that are not wide enough include e.g. the first three in the
>> Buffer-menu-mode table). In contrast, currently, i.e. without the
>> patch, all final sortable columns and some non-final ones that are
>> wide enough do not display the sort indicator when selected.
>>
>> - When a column (whether selected or not) is made narrower (by
>> repeatedly typing `{') than the length of the column label in the
>> header line, the label is truncated and displays a trailing ellipis,
>> just like the data lines of such columns in the table (if such a
>> narrowed column is sortable and selected, the the sort indicator is
>> still displayed after the ellipis). In contrast, currently, the
>> column labels are not truncated, which can lead to misalignment
>> between the header line and the data lines. (However, even with the
>> patch, misalignment can happen, because the data lines can be
>> truncated to display nothing but the ellipis, while the header line
>> labels always show at least the first letter of the label. I think
>> the display of the data lines here is questionable, but dealing with
>> that is another issue.)
>
> Sound like good improvements, thanks.
Thanks, I've pushed it to master in commit 233d350d19.
Steve Berman
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-04 22:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-18 20:00 bug#44068: 28.0.50; Faulty uses of tabulated-list-format Stephen Berman
2020-10-18 21:33 ` Drew Adams
2020-10-18 22:01 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-10-18 22:15 ` Drew Adams
2020-10-18 22:18 ` Stephen Berman
2020-10-18 22:01 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-10-18 22:17 ` Stephen Berman
2020-10-18 22:35 ` Stephen Berman
2020-10-18 23:13 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-10-19 9:04 ` Stephen Berman
2020-10-19 13:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-19 18:20 ` Stephen Berman
2020-10-19 18:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-19 19:12 ` Stephen Berman
2020-10-20 16:09 ` Stephen Berman
2020-10-29 16:58 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-10-29 22:48 ` Stephen Berman
2020-10-30 1:06 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-10-30 21:44 ` Stephen Berman
2020-10-30 23:51 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-11-01 23:07 ` Stephen Berman
2020-11-02 17:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-02 22:37 ` Stephen Berman
2020-11-03 3:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-03 23:12 ` Stephen Berman
2020-11-04 15:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-04 22:55 ` Stephen Berman [this message]
2020-11-04 12:02 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-11-04 22:53 ` Stephen Berman
2020-11-12 16:38 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-11-12 22:51 ` Stephen Berman
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