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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: dgutov@yandex.ru, stefankangas@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Tick Reduction
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2021 22:07:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83czmtqnl7.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wnl1jnfa.fsf@gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Sun,  21 Nov 2021 20:53:13 +0100)

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org,  stefankangas@gmail.com,  dgutov@yandex.ru
> Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2021 20:53:13 +0100
> 
> >  -\**-  *mail*         Bot L30    (Mail Fly/en Abbrev Fill) 9:41PM 0.08 [100%]
> >
> > So the "-\**" part, the Top/nn%/Bot part, the L30 part, the 9:41PM
> > part, the 0.08 part, and the [100%] part will have to use the fixed
> > advance width?
> 
> No, the last three parts change widths today?

They are numbers, so they can change the width because different
digits have different width.

> (The digits are, as I said, not an issue -- it's just exchanging
> digits with other characters, like spaces.)

I'm not sure this assumption is always true.  I've seen fonts where
"1" is much narrower than other digits.  And the [100%] part is
produced in my case with the [%b%p%%] format, so it can change the
width, AFAIU.

> > Btw, I still don't think I understand why aligning each field to a
> > certain pixel value would not look better (and be easier to
> > implement).
> 
> I don't understand what you mean by that.  Could you explain and give an
> example?

I've shown different fields for the mode line below:

 -\**-  *mail*         Bot L30    (Mail Fly/en Abbrev Fill) 9:41PM 0.08 [100%]
 +++++  +----------+   +-+ +-+    +-----------------------+ +----+ +--+ +----+

A single + means a field of 1 character cell; a +---+ means a field
that starts and ends at the +.  The idea is that each field always
starts at a predefined pixel offset from the beginning of the mode
line.  The each field can change its width, but it will not affect the
following fields.



  reply	other threads:[~2021-11-21 20:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 167+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-11-18 20:37 Tick Reduction Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-18 21:01 ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-11-19  5:25   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-18 21:23 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-11-19  5:27   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-19  6:31     ` Michael Welsh Duggan
2021-11-19  6:50     ` Stefan Kangas
2021-11-19  7:05       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-19  8:19         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-19  8:30           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-20  8:01             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-20  9:07               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-21 15:11             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-21 17:16               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-21 17:24                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-21 17:39                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-21 18:00                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-21 18:15                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-21 18:25                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-21 18:33                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-21 19:31                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-21 19:34                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-21 19:36                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-21 19:41                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-21 19:49                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-21 19:53                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-21 20:07                                   ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-11-21 20:17                                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-21 20:26                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-21 20:30                                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-21 20:31                                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-22  8:19                                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-22 14:45                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-22 14:50                                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-22 17:21                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-22 18:35                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-11-23 10:15                                                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-23 13:41                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-23 13:49                                                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-23 14:19                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-23 14:32                                                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-23 14:43                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-24 11:07                                                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-24 14:20                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-24 16:28                                                                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-24 17:05                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-24 17:10                                                                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-24 17:41                                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-24 17:50                                                                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-24 18:39                                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-24 18:44                                                                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-24 19:00                                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-25 13:02                                                                                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 12:58                                                                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 13:28                                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-25 14:29                                                                                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 15:10                                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-26 12:12                                                                                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-26 12:43                                                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-24 18:41                                                                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-24 18:53                                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-24 22:32                                                                                 ` Yuan Fu
2021-11-25  7:34                                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-26 17:03                                                                                     ` Yuan Fu
2021-11-26 18:41                                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-26 18:54                                                                                         ` Yuan Fu
2021-11-26 18:57                                                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-25 13:06                                                                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 14:02                                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-25 14:07                                                                                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 14:12                                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-25 14:16                                                                                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 15:04                                                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-26 12:09                                                                                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-26 12:56                                                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-27 14:15                                                                                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-27 14:51                                                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-29 13:40                                                                                                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-29 13:53                                                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-29 14:00                                                                                                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-29 14:06                                                                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-29 14:15                                                                                                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-29 14:17                                                                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-29 14:35                                                                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-29 15:06                                                                                                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-24 23:10                                               ` Feng Shu
2021-11-25  7:42                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-25 11:52                                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-22 23:26                                       ` chad
2021-11-21 20:10                                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-21 20:22                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-21 20:28                                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-21 20:41                                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-21 21:13                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-21 20:42                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-21 21:12                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-22 11:22                                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-22 14:52                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-22 14:55                                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-22 18:04                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-19  8:33         ` Stefan Kangas
2021-11-19  8:39           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-19  8:48             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-19 10:00               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-19 10:28               ` Stefan Kangas
2021-11-19 12:41                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-19 13:04                   ` Stefan Kangas
2021-11-19 13:18                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-19 13:41                       ` Stefan Kangas
2021-11-19 13:48                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-21 13:35                           ` Stefan Kangas
2021-11-19 10:28             ` Stefan Kangas
2021-11-20  8:43               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-20  9:03                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-20  9:26                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-20  9:51                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-20  9:56                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-20 10:11                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-21  8:57               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-21  9:02                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-21 13:36                   ` Stefan Kangas
2021-11-21 19:26                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-21 13:54             ` Stefan Kangas
2021-11-21 15:25               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-21 19:28                 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-11-21 19:31                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-22 14:57         ` Use variable-pitch face in more places Stefan Kangas
2021-11-22 15:05           ` Stefan Kangas
2021-11-22 17:22           ` Juri Linkov
2021-11-22 18:10             ` Stefan Kangas
2021-11-22 18:40               ` Juri Linkov
2021-11-23  9:56               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-24  9:12                 ` Juri Linkov
2021-11-24 16:52                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-24 17:59                     ` Juri Linkov
2021-11-19  7:48       ` Tick Reduction Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-19 13:41         ` Stefan Kangas
2021-11-19 11:58     ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-11-18 22:18 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-11-21 10:17   ` Phil Sainty
2021-11-19  5:48 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-19  7:24   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-19  7:28     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-19  8:26       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-19  8:33         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-19  6:42 ` Eric S Fraga
2021-11-19  7:30   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-19  6:52 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-11-19  7:26   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-19  7:59     ` Stefan Kangas
2021-11-19  8:17       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-19  8:09   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-19  8:34     ` Stefan Kangas
2021-11-19 13:58 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-11-19 14:46   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-19 18:22     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-11-19 18:53       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-19 19:24         ` Stefan Monnier
2021-11-19 19:50           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-19 21:09             ` Stefan Monnier
2021-11-20  6:34               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-20 13:11                 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-11-20 13:32                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-20 14:06                     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-11-20 14:35                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-20 15:01                         ` Stefan Monnier
2021-11-20  9:00   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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