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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: bird <sbaugh@catern.com>
Cc: eg642616@gmail.com, sbaugh@janestreet.com, joaotavora@gmail.com,
	philipk@posteo.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Flymake Support Indicator Errors in Margin
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 19:01:02 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86zfuw4wtt.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87jzm0iza9.fsf@catern.com> (message from bird on Sun, 17 Mar 2024 16:44:15 +0000 (UTC))

> From: bird <sbaugh@catern.com>
> Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 16:44:15 +0000 (UTC)
> Cc: Elijah G <eg642616@gmail.com>, Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@janestreet.com>,
> 	joaotavora@gmail.com, philipk@posteo.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> - I'm not sure whether or why this is even desirable in a TTY.
> 
>   The indicators duplicate information that's already communicated by
>   the face, so they're a minor benefit.  In a graphical frame, the
>   indicators are basically "free" in terms of visual space, since they
>   display in the fringe which already exists, so it's worth having them.
> 
>   But in a TTY, with the current patch, two columns of text in every
>   flymake buffer will be devoted to displaying these indicators, whether
>   they're currently needed or not.  That seems like too high a cost,
>   unless I'm missing something.

As long as this is an opt-in feature, I don't see this as a problem.

> - If it *is* desirable on a TTY, then the need to explicitly configure
>   it is unfortunate.

I tend to agree.  And not only on TTY frames: GUI frames can disable
fringes as well.



  reply	other threads:[~2024-03-17 17:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-03-11 23:18 [PATCH] Flymake Support Indicator Errors in Margin Elijah G
2024-03-12  9:24 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-03-12 17:22   ` Elijah G
2024-03-13 12:18     ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-03-14  1:50       ` Elijah G
2024-03-14 11:05         ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-03-14 11:28           ` João Távora
2024-03-14 15:35           ` Elijah G
2024-03-16 11:10             ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-03-17 16:44               ` bird
2024-03-17 17:01                 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-03-17 17:34                 ` Elijah G
2024-03-17 18:43                   ` bird
2024-03-17 19:21                     ` Elijah G
2024-03-25  1:46                       ` Elijah G
2024-03-27  0:13                         ` sbaugh
2024-03-27  0:36                           ` Elijah G
2024-03-27 21:29                           ` Elijah G
2024-03-28  6:01                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-03-28 17:34                               ` Elijah G
2024-04-06 11:36                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-03-28  7:30                             ` Juri Linkov
2024-03-28 17:44                               ` Elijah G
2024-04-06 11:35                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-06 20:14                               ` Elijah G
2024-04-07  5:47                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-07 17:20                                   ` Elijah G
2024-04-18  9:10                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-03-19  7:03                   ` Augusto Stoffel
2024-03-17 17:49                 ` Elijah G
2024-03-19  7:04                   ` Augusto Stoffel

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