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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "Mathias Dahl" <mathias.dahl@gmail.com>
Cc: Emacs-Devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: put value last in *Help* buffer for C-h v?
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:12:18 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <EIENLHALHGIMHGDOLMIMAEDCDAAA.drew.adams@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7dbe73ed0703260633i312eedebt31a3a1413cd4db45@mail.gmail.com>

> > We might also consider placing a second [back] button after the
> > value, if it is longer than, say, 50 lines.
>
> I have no strong opinion on this apart from thinking that this too is
> inconsistent; as a user I want to be able to trust that the same user
> interface widgets are available each time I execute a certain
> operation. However, I it might look goofy to see something like this:
>
>   [back]
>   Value:
>    t
>   [back]

That's why I said "if it is longer than, say, 50 lines." In the case you
gave, the value takes up only one line.

Make it 1000 lines instead of 50, if you like. I figured that if you have to
scroll down, then another [back] button could be helpful.

  reply	other threads:[~2007-03-26 15:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-03-25 20:45 put value last in *Help* buffer for C-h v? Drew Adams
2007-03-26 13:33 ` Mathias Dahl
2007-03-26 15:12   ` Drew Adams [this message]
2007-03-27 11:16     ` Mathias Dahl
2007-03-26 23:14   ` Richard Stallman
2007-03-27 11:18     ` Mathias Dahl

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