From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: even more(1) tells you how big the file is on the first screen Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 22:36:26 -0400 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <878yufxgz9.fsf@jidanni.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1050287963 21595 80.91.224.249 (14 Apr 2003 02:39:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 02:39:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 14 04:39:21 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 194tsO-0005bz-00 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 04:39:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 194tsP-0003io-02 for gnu-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 22:39:21 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 194tsB-0003Oc-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 22:39:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 194tqE-0000i2-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 22:37:06 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 194tpc-0000Mt-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 22:36:28 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 194tpa-0003fL-00; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 22:36:26 -0400 Original-To: Dan Jacobson In-reply-to: <878yufxgz9.fsf@jidanni.org> (message from Dan Jacobson on Sun, 13 Apr 2003 10:34:50 +0800) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:4776 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:4776 You know, I think it's bad that no matter if we are looking a giant file, or a little file, the mode line has that "Top" item, instead of some indication of percent. When the window start is at the top of the buffer, the percentage of the buffer above the top is always 0. I don't think "0%" is clearer than "Top". In the case of Bot, some real information is actually omitted. However, the information that the bottom of the buffer is on the screen is also useful.