From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 10:01:07 +0300 Message-ID: <835yuv3f4c.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83bl4n3hys.fsf@gnu.org> <87fstz3g6z.fsf@no.workgroup> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="35506"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Gregor Zattler Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 20 09:02:13 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mSDJd-00097e-GE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 20 Sep 2021 09:02:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46452 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mSDJb-0006qV-LB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 20 Sep 2021 03:02:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:36386) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mSDIj-00051U-CN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Sep 2021 03:01:17 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:51406) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mSDIi-0004b6-Vh; Mon, 20 Sep 2021 03:01:16 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:1549 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mSDIh-0004Zc-Ci; Mon, 20 Sep 2021 03:01:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87fstz3g6z.fsf@no.workgroup> (message from Gregor Zattler on Mon, 20 Sep 2021 08:37:56 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:275110 Archived-At: > From: Gregor Zattler > Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 08:37:56 +0200 > > Lastly hitting the `s' key opens another buffer in another > window (at least for me) and (also at least for me), at > surprising locations in my frame. I have a UHD monitor and, > at least the way I configured it, emacs opens up to 4 > windows, the help buffer and the source buffer not > necessarily adjunct. All 4 windows can carry 92 lines, so > there is plenty of room below the text in the help buffer to > show more info. But that window has the wrong mode for reading the source. So it might be a good "selling point", but once you are past "the drums", using the display for seriously studying the source code is way less convenient and efficient than having the source pop in its own window. Right?