From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Assignment of misc packages for emacs Date: 23 May 2002 16:08:21 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: 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> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1022137924 31116 127.0.0.1 (23 May 2002 07:12:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 07:12:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier+gnu/emacs@RUM.cs.yale.edu, storm@cua.dk, 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 17AmlY-00085l-00 for ; Thu, 23 May 2002 09:12:04 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17An0p-0003W8-00 for ; Thu, 23 May 2002 09:27:52 +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 17Amlo-0003cL-00; Thu, 23 May 2002 03:12:20 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.214]) by fencepost.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17Amib-0003Lx-00; Thu, 23 May 2002 03:09:01 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp ([10.7.69.195]) by TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id g4N78UV17882; Thu, 23 May 2002 16:08:30 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mailsv4.nec.co.jp (mailgate51.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.196]) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) with ESMTP id g4N78TL28875; Thu, 23 May 2002 16:08:29 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.30.114.133]) by mailsv4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILSV4-NEC) with ESMTP id g4N78R803125; Thu, 23 May 2002 16:08:27 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.10.2+Sun/3.7Wlsi_mx_6.0) with ESMTP id g4N78RK06973; Thu, 23 May 2002 16:08:27 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 660863722; Thu, 23 May 2002 16:08:21 +0900 (JST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <200205222227.g4MMRIX29393@aztec.santafe.edu> Original-Lines: 41 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:4300 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:4300 Richard Stallman writes: > Whether it is bold or underlined is just a matter of how > we define the face that it uses, right? Yup > One point about this style: I tried with both one and two spaces as > separators following the commas, and I found it much more readable with > two spaces. > > Do you feel it needs two spaces *and* a comma? Yes. I tried the various other combinations, and while nothing really looked _bad_, comma-space-space seemed the best. The reason, I think, is that it emphasizes the fact that what's being displayed is a list of separate entries -- the comma basically suggests `list', and the wide whitespace suggests `separate'. Using just comma-space makes the menu look like a list of _words_ (an effect which obviously gets worse if any label actually contains multiple words), and using just space-space looks somehow not list-like enough. So I think comma-space-space is the best, but that space-space is better than comma-space. > 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. > 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. -Miles -- Ich bin ein Virus. Mach' mit und kopiere mich in Deine .signature.