From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Mode line changes Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:40:57 -0800 Message-ID: <200803052140.m25Leveo005511@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> References: <18383.1723.48367.507940@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204753296 4723 80.91.229.12 (5 Mar 2008 21:41:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 21:41:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Nick Roberts Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 05 22:42:02 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JX1Mz-0000dD-6t for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:41:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JX1MR-0002l2-Sm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:41:15 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JX1MN-0002j3-DN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:41:11 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JX1MM-0002i3-ND for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:41:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JX1MM-0002hu-IP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:41:10 -0500 Original-Received: from sallyv1.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.109]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JX1MM-0005SR-Bb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:41:10 -0500 X-ICS-MailScanner-Watermark: 1205358058.55403@YD4ahEcV03DjU2nuwgP40A Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by sallyv1.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m25Leveo005511; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:40:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <18383.1723.48367.507940@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> (Nick Roberts's message of "Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:46:51 +1300") Original-Lines: 29 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:91418 Archived-At: Nick Roberts writes: > I realise there are no rules, but I think it's a good idea to post > general changes to the list first (apologies if they have and I missed > them). Part of it was, long time ago and it did not get anywhere. Part was not, it was discussed with RMS and with Stefan and Yidong listening. > I think: > > 1) Toggling line and column display should move to mouse-3 as it's a > convention the this button is used for pull down menus where possible. mouse-1 on the mode-line pops both the major-mode and minor-mode menus. > 2) The size indication lighter shouldn't toggle line and column display > because it has a different purpose. Why not? > 3) The mode-line-highlight should not be applied to mode-line-remote because > this face is used for `buttons' and no local-map (binding) has been added > here. Yep, but if there's no highlighting you'd never know there's anything special about that place on the mode-line if you don't keep the mouse long enough for the tooltip to appear.