From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: schwab@linux-m68k.org, op@omarpolo.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs-28 47cbd10: * lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-position): Improve tooltip.
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 15:32:48 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83zgrdnlzj.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkmnN1TNwsYnNjBUn+b0UTq8_maQCpm=5CdBAVZkwTbZ5pg@mail.gmail.com> (message from Stefan Kangas on Tue, 12 Oct 2021 20:33:43 -0700)
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 20:33:43 -0700
> Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
>
> Having thought about the various alternatives for a bit, my suggestion
> is this:
>
> "Window Scroll Position"
>
> It seems to capture that this is more about the window ("viewport" is
> accurate but not a term we normally use) than about the buffer itself.
> Buffer position seems to suggest that this has to do with the position
> of point, which we already have the column/line number display for.
>
> It will also avoid the problem that someone sees "Top" or "Bot", but the
> tooltip incorrectly says that it is a "Percentage".
>
> Does this sound like an acceptable conclusion to this discussion?
No, because "position" in Emacs is too tightly coupled with a simple
number that is a buffer position. Just look at our usage of that term
in the documentation.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-13 12:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-09 7:58 emacs-28 47cbd10: * lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-position): Improve tooltip Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-09 8:06 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-09 8:28 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-09 8:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-09 8:52 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-10-09 9:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-09 9:54 ` Omar Polo
2021-10-13 3:33 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-13 12:32 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-10-13 12:56 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-13 12:58 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-13 13:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-13 22:28 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-13 13:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-09 11:33 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-10-10 0:09 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
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