From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mario Lang Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 18:49:48 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87wutudd1v.fsf@lexx.delysid.org> References: <200205050534.g455YfF01634@aztec.santafe.edu> <5xbsbumexh.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <200205141941.g4EJfud15293@aztec.santafe.edu> <5xvg9qmgzt.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <200205151927.g4FJRRW26103@rum.cs.yale.edu> <5x3cwr4q7m.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <87g00rd74y.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> <87sn4otknt.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> <200205191441.g4JEfMg23080@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200205202134.g4KLYHj26031@aztec.santafe.edu> <200205222227.g4MMRIX29393@aztec.santafe.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1022172678 3404 127.0.0.1 (23 May 2002 16:51:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 16:51:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17Avo5-0000sn-00 for ; Thu, 23 May 2002 18:51:17 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17Aw3Z-00088Y-00 for ; Thu, 23 May 2002 19:07:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17Avo8-0002Iq-00; Thu, 23 May 2002 12:51:20 -0400 Original-Received: from 212186194087.graz.teleweb.at ([212.186.194.87] helo=lexx.delysid.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17AvmY-00022R-00; Thu, 23 May 2002 12:49:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mlang by lexx.delysid.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17Avmf-0007FY-00; Thu, 23 May 2002 18:49:49 +0200 Original-To: Miles Bader In-Reply-To: (Miles Bader's message of "23 May 2002 16:08:21 +0900") Original-Lines: 26 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) Emacs/21.2 (i386-debian-linux-gnu) Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:4303 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:4303 Miles Bader writes: >> What about if we delete the spaces around the ='s, as Mario Lang >> suggested? > > I don't like it, since it makes it harder to quickly identify which is > the key and which is the label. I feel the exact opposite. Making the list longer takes me longer to read it, and therefore harder to use. I know my case is very special here, and I can't comment on visual appearance. It would be nice if I could choose the representation I like the most. So maybe the lisp-level formatter? >> Is there any reason we couldn't make it call out to lisp to do the >> formatting? >> >> It's ok with me if someone finds it easy to do. > > I'll look at it. I'd be glad to use it. -- CYa, Mario