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From: "Mathias Dahl" <mathias.dahl@gmail.com>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: Emacs-Devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: put value last in *Help* buffer for C-h v?
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:16:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7dbe73ed0703270416v6c75d0b8q658093ccb3979a26@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <EIENLHALHGIMHGDOLMIMAEDCDAAA.drew.adams@oracle.com>

> >   [back]
> >   Value:
> >    t
> >   [back]
>
> That's why I said "if it is longer than, say, 50 lines." In the case you
> gave, the value takes up only one line.

Sorry for being unclear; my point was that we SHOULD, in principle,
always print out the second [back], because of consistency. But at the
same time I do not agree with myself because I think my own "rule"
would create goofy situation like above. In other words, don't listen
to me...

> Make it 1000 lines instead of 50, if you like. I figured that if you have to
> scroll down, then another [back] button could be helpful.

Yes, and I agree.

  reply	other threads:[~2007-03-27 11:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-03-25 20:45 put value last in *Help* buffer for C-h v? Drew Adams
2007-03-26 13:33 ` Mathias Dahl
2007-03-26 15:12   ` Drew Adams
2007-03-27 11:16     ` Mathias Dahl [this message]
2007-03-26 23:14   ` Richard Stallman
2007-03-27 11:18     ` Mathias Dahl

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