From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: tabulated-list-init-header and glyphless-char-display
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:27:41 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83mxjwr3ki.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87vcykaazw.fsf@stupidchicken.com>
> From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
> Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:39:15 -0400
>
> Suppose we make the *Process List* buffer and display it in a GUI
> terminal. Then, we create a text terminal in the same Emacs session,
> and display that same buffer in the text terminal.
>
> The buffer has to display correctly, without a priori knowledge of the
> terminal(s) on which it is to be displayed.
>
> Therefore, checking unencodable-char-position at buffer creation time
> does not work. The fallback behavior has to be done at redisplay time.
So we are going to invent a new display feature, just to display 2
fancy characters in a specialized mode buffer, and in a way that will
support simultaneous display in several different display types? I'd
say it's an overkill. Perhaps we should simply compromise and use
ASCII art, or no indication at all.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-11 19:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-04-08 17:17 tabulated-list-init-header and glyphless-char-display Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-08 18:27 ` Chong Yidong
2011-04-08 18:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-08 18:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-09 19:26 ` Chong Yidong
2011-04-10 3:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-04-10 5:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-10 15:47 ` Chong Yidong
2011-04-10 16:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-10 18:11 ` Chong Yidong
2011-04-11 17:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-11 17:31 ` Chong Yidong
2011-04-11 18:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-11 18:39 ` Chong Yidong
2011-04-11 19:27 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2011-04-11 22:31 ` Chong Yidong
2011-04-12 3:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-04-12 4:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-12 5:42 ` Kevin Rodgers
2011-04-12 5:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-12 16:12 ` Chong Yidong
2011-04-12 16:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-04-08 17:26 Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-09 10:26 ` Štěpán Němec
2011-04-09 12:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-04-09 13:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-04-09 15:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
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