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: add a tooltip and a mouse binding to the VC mode-line entry Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:04:43 +0200 Message-ID: <86lkdwps38.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> References: <200707031711.l63HB39F025974@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1183534219 8590 80.91.229.12 (4 Jul 2007 07:30:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 07:30:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Dan Nicolaescu , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 04 09:30:18 2007 connect(): Connection refused 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 1I5zJX-0004JW-Uk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:30:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I5zJX-0002Zc-9f for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:30:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I5zJT-0002YW-S7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:30:11 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I5zJS-0002Xw-PU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:30:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I5zJS-0002Xt-K6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:30:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I5zJS-0005eK-0s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:30:10 -0400 Original-Received: from pc3.berlin.powerweb.de ([62.67.228.11]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I5zJR-0007df-8H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:30:09 -0400 Original-Received: from quinscape.de (dslnet.212-29-44.ip210.dokom.de [212.29.44.210] (may be forged)) by pc3.berlin.powerweb.de (8.9.3p3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA17879 for ; Wed, 4 Jul 2007 09:04:38 +0200 X-Delivered-To: Original-Received: (qmail 14067 invoked from network); 4 Jul 2007 07:04:43 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO lola.quinscape.zz) ([10.0.3.43]) (envelope-sender ) by ns.quinscape.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 4 Jul 2007 07:04:43 -0000 Original-Received: by lola.quinscape.zz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D775A8F8F7; Wed, 4 Jul 2007 09:04:43 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Tue\, 03 Jul 2007 23\:43\:52 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.51 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:74282 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > The VC item on the mode-line is one of the very few that does not > have a tooltip nor does it have a mouse binding. > > We can give it a mouse binding if there is something useful for that > binding to do. But is there anything that would be useful? Offering to diff with some important points (recent checkins, major branches, modified upstream) perhaps. > There is no sense giving it a mouse binding just so it will have one > if it isn't a useful and natural interface. > > If it doesn't have a mouse binding, it does not need a tooltip. Disagreement here: the VC mode line indicators are concise, but cryptic. The difference between CVS-1.1 and CVS:1.1 is not clear to many beginners. A tooltip might help. -- David Kastrup