From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: put value last in *Help* buffer for C-h v? Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:14:51 -0400 Message-ID: References: <7dbe73ed0703260633i312eedebt31a3a1413cd4db45@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1174951205 14096 80.91.229.12 (26 Mar 2007 23:20:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:20:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Mathias Dahl" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 27 01:19:58 2007 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 1HVyTi-0001VZ-9s for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:19:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HVyW0-0005d0-43 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:22:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HVyTB-0008PK-QF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:19:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HVyTA-0008N2-Qg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:19:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HVyTA-0008Mj-Jm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:19:20 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HVyQs-00049X-3k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:16:58 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HVyOp-0001Qu-1Y; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:14:51 -0400 In-reply-to: <7dbe73ed0703260633i312eedebt31a3a1413cd4db45@mail.gmail.com> (mathias.dahl@gmail.com) 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:68643 Archived-At: I think I agree. It is a bit strange to see the value at the beginning of the buffer sometimes and sometimes not (because it is "large"). Shouldn't we strive for a consistent user interface if we can? Consistency is not the only criterion. When the value is short, it is convenient to see it near the top, so that you don't have to scroll down to find it.