From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: display-completion-list should not strip text properties Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:06:40 +0200 Message-ID: <85tzq7a78v.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189109211 17283 80.91.229.12 (6 Sep 2007 20:06:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 20:06:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 06 22:06:51 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ITNco-0004aA-PF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:06:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITNcn-0005N7-40 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:06:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITNcl-0005N2-1G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:06:47 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITNcj-0005Mq-J8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:06:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITNcj-0005Mn-Fr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:06:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-in-07.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.47]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ITNci-0002Dt-F6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:06:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-in-14-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-14-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.31]) by mail-in-07.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F2DB24B09E; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 22:06:43 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-in-12.arcor-online.net (mail-in-12.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.52]) by mail-in-14-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B5D1201001; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 22:06:43 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from lola.goethe.zz (dslb-084-061-057-134.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.61.57.134]) by mail-in-12.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EABC38C46C; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 22:06:42 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 80A821CAD71B; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 22:06:40 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Thu\, 6 Sep 2007 09\:35\:46 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/4173/Thu Sep 6 20:35:28 2007 on mail-in-12.arcor-online.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Detected-Kernel: Error: This connection is not (no longer?) in the cache. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:78018 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: >> > Why do we need to put properties other that the `face' property >> > in doc strings? There are already ways to make links. >> >> To include graphics in Help, for one thing. >> >> Is that really something we should get into? >> I think we should not. > > Why not? > > Help, and documentation generally, often call upon graphics to aid > communication. > > Just having the possibility to include graphics does not, of course, mean > that it's a good idea to stuff tons of screenshots, icons, and other > graphics into help. But having the possibility means that when it is > appropriate to add a graphic you can do so easily. Help should not be restricted to users of graphical terminals. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum