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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:280263 Archived-At: >=20 > If the goal is to have Emacs take advantage of its rendering = capabilities when run as a graphical application so that it doesn't just = look like a terminal window, another option might be to use icons for = each element in the U:--- thing. SVGs would be easy to scale for various = resolutions/pixel densities and still ensure that they're relatively = easy to click. It may also be possible to make icons that are more = "obvious"; I doubt most novices could tell you what each of the = characters in U:--- mean. >=20 > On the other hand, that's significantly more effort than other = solutions, unless someone happens to have appropriate icons sitting = around waiting to be used. That=E2=80=99s a good idea. I never remembered which dash means what, = using icons will make U:--- much more useful for new users. Yuan=