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@ 2008-02-23 17:44 Reiner Steib
  2008-02-23 18:31 ` longlines-mode Chong Yidong
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  0 siblings, 3 replies; 18+ messages in thread
From: Reiner Steib @ 2008-02-23 17:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-devel; +Cc: Chong Yidong

Hi,

I'd like to propose some changes to longlines-mode:

- The default off `longlines-show-hard-newlines' should be changed to
  t.  When set to nil, there's soft and hard newlines are
  indistinguishable.  I tried longlines-mode several times, but I
  found it very hard to use until I discovered this option.

- The default value of `longlines-show-effect' is
  (propertize "|\n" 'face 'escape-glyph).

  `M-x customize-variable RET longlines-show-effect RET' should allow
  to change only the character (e.g. `|' -> `¶' = "PILCROW SIGN",
  "PARAGRAPH SIGN", i.e. keep the properties.

  Maybe splitting string and face would make it easier to customize
  it?

- As the "old name" of `¶' ("PILCROW SIGN", old name: "PARAGRAPH
  SIGN", U+00B6, 0xB6) indicates, this symbol might be more suitable
  as a default in `longlines-show-effect'.  Disadvantage: Is isn't an
  ASCII character, but I'd guess that > 99% users of Emacs 22+ can
  display it fine.  As `¶' is more visible than `|', we might want to
  use a smaller font as well.

Bye, Reiner.
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2008-02-23 17:44 longlines-mode Reiner Steib
2008-02-23 18:31 ` longlines-mode Chong Yidong
2008-02-23 19:45   ` longlines-mode Juri Linkov
2008-02-23 20:03   ` longlines-mode Reiner Steib
2008-02-23 21:13     ` longlines-mode Chong Yidong
2008-02-27 12:20       ` longlines-mode Johan Bockgård
2008-02-27 16:05         ` longlines-mode David Reitter
2008-02-28  2:58           ` longlines-mode Miles Bader
2008-02-28  7:38             ` longlines-mode David Reitter
2008-02-28  8:01               ` longlines-mode Miles Bader
2008-02-28 16:47               ` longlines-mode Stefan Monnier
2008-02-29 10:47                 ` longlines-mode David Reitter
2008-02-27 16:29         ` longlines-mode Stefan Monnier
2008-02-27 23:21           ` longlines-mode Kim F. Storm
2008-02-27 23:43             ` longlines-mode Johan Bockgård
2008-02-23 19:42 ` longlines-mode Stefan Monnier
2008-02-23 23:09 ` longlines-mode Miles Bader
2008-02-26  2:00   ` longlines-mode Xavier Maillard

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