* describe-function vs. long names
@ 2007-09-12 1:23 jidanni
2007-09-21 23:06 ` describe-function should fold, not wrap jidanni
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From: jidanni @ 2007-09-12 1:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
On your 80 column terminal, ask yourself "does executing this wrap
unnecessarily?": (describe-function (quote
font-lock-match-c-style-declaration-item-and-skip-to-next))
The problem is that describe-function was invented before the age of
long function names. It's first line of output should be folded, not
wrapped.
Yes, reported weeks ago, but not as clearly as now. P.S., doing ^X^E
(eval-last-sexp) on the above also makes a mess in the minibuffer.
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* describe-function should fold, not wrap
2007-09-12 1:23 describe-function vs. long names jidanni
@ 2007-09-21 23:06 ` jidanni
2007-09-24 16:23 ` Davis Herring
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From: jidanni @ 2007-09-21 23:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
On a e.g., 80 column terminal this and any other longish named item
wraps unnecessarily: (describe-function (quote
font-lock-match-c-style-declaration-item-and-skip-to-next))
The problem is that describe-function was invented before the age of
long function names. It's first line of output should be folded, not
wrapped.
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* Re: describe-function should fold, not wrap
2007-09-21 23:06 ` describe-function should fold, not wrap jidanni
@ 2007-09-24 16:23 ` Davis Herring
2007-09-26 15:11 ` jidanni
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From: Davis Herring @ 2007-09-24 16:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jidanni; +Cc: emacs-devel
> The problem is that describe-function was invented before the age of
> long function names. It's first line of output should be folded, not
> wrapped.
Do you perhaps mean "filled, not wrapped"?
Davis
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* Re: describe-function should fold, not wrap
2007-09-24 16:23 ` Davis Herring
@ 2007-09-26 15:11 ` jidanni
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From: jidanni @ 2007-09-26 15:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: herring; +Cc: emacs-devel
>>>>> "DH" == Davis Herring <herring@lanl.gov> writes:
>> The problem is that describe-function was invented before the age of
>> long function names. It's first line of output should be folded, not
>> wrapped.
DH> Do you perhaps mean "filled, not wrapped"?
Yes.
Glad at least one person, you, saw my bug posting.
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