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* put value last in *Help* buffer for C-h v?
@ 2007-03-25 20:45 Drew Adams
  2007-03-26 13:33 ` Mathias Dahl
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2007-03-25 20:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Emacs-Devel

I wonder if it wouldn't be better to systematically put the variable's value
last in the *Help* buffer for `C-h v'?

Consider, for example, what you see for something like
`font-lock-syntax-table':

 font-lock-syntax-table is a variable defined in `font-lock.el'.
 Its value is shown below.

 Documentation:
 Non-nil means use this syntax table for fontifying.
 If this is nil, the major mode's syntax table is used.
 This is normally set via `font-lock-defaults'.

 Value:
 #^[t nil
      (3)
      (3)
 ...
         (2)
         nil syntax-table]
      syntax-table]

 Local in buffer font-lock.el; global value is nil

 [back]

The "..." here represents 12,228 lines. This is an extreme case, of course,
but wouldn't it always be best to put the value last? The information about
the local and global values, and the [back] button, are more convenient if
presented before the value, no?

We might also consider placing a second [back] button after the value, if it
is longer than, say, 50 lines.

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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
2007-03-26 23:14   ` Richard Stallman
2007-03-27 11:18     ` Mathias Dahl

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