From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Divergence in menu appearance between Emacs Info and standalone Info Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 17:12:09 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1054743350 8999 80.91.224.249 (4 Jun 2003 16:15:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 16:15:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 04 18:15:47 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19Naun-0002Hj-00 for ; Wed, 04 Jun 2003 18:15:05 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19NbCR-00052A-00 for ; Wed, 04 Jun 2003 18:33:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19NaPx-000115-Og for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2003 11:43:13 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19NaCu-0004Hg-66 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2003 11:29:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19NaAv-00039m-Q3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2003 11:27:42 -0400 Original-Received: from ns.suse.de ([213.95.15.193] helo=Cantor.suse.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19NZvu-0005AT-T6; Wed, 04 Jun 2003 11:12:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Hermes.suse.de (Hermes.suse.de [213.95.15.136]) by Cantor.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F97C14E33; Wed, 4 Jun 2003 17:12:10 +0200 (MEST) Original-To: Miles Bader X-Yow: I am KING BOMBA of Sicily!..I will marry LUCILLE BALL next Friday! In-Reply-To: (Miles Bader's message of "04 Jun 2003 18:06:54 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Original-cc: rms@gnu.org Original-cc: karl@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:14696 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:14696 Miles Bader writes: |> Richard Stallman writes: |> > Meanwhile, Emacs already modifies the Info buffer for display, so |> > instead of making that text invisible, perhaps it should delete the |> > text and put the information from it into text properties of the menu |> > item names. |> |> That would solve a lot of minor problems the current method causes, and |> generally be more robust, I think. Are there any downsides to doing it |> that way? While we are at it we should refrain from refilling paragraphs, because that frequently messes up the formatting in a way such that the result is misleading or difficult to read. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de SuSE Linux AG, Deutschherrnstr. 15-19, D-90429 Nürnberg Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."