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: Patch to disable links line in *info* buffer Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 11:36:50 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87bsaos1fl.fsf@orebokech.com> <200206072322.g57NMtK27277@aztec.santafe.edu> <5xbsam1tje.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <87wut9tppe.fsf@orebokech.com> <200206101359.g5ADx7b28021@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200206101728.g5AHSjQ29188@rum.cs.yale.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1023788380 5922 127.0.0.1 (11 Jun 2002 09:39:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 09:39:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Robert J. Chassell" , 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 17Hi7o-0001XP-00 for ; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 11:39:40 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17HiV4-0002Rp-00 for ; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 12:03:42 +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 17Hi7J-00083G-00; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 05:39:09 -0400 Original-Received: from ns.suse.de ([213.95.15.193] helo=Cantor.suse.de) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17Hi57-0007nv-00 for ; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 05:36:53 -0400 Original-Received: from Hermes.suse.de (Charybdis.suse.de [213.95.15.201]) by Cantor.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDE3B14490; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 11:36:52 +0200 (MEST) X-Authentication-Warning: sykes.suse.de: schwab set sender to schwab@suse.de using -f Original-To: "Stefan Monnier" X-Yow: Hello? Enema Bondage? I'm calling because I want to be happy, I guess.. In-Reply-To: <200206101728.g5AHSjQ29188@rum.cs.yale.edu> ("Stefan Monnier"'s message of "Mon, 10 Jun 2002 13:28:44 -0400") Original-Lines: 17 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) Emacs/21.3.50 (ia64-suse-linux) 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:4747 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:4747 "Stefan Monnier" writes: |> The problem is that the header-line, just line the mode-line, the tool-bar, |> the menu-bar (and probably more) is not part of the buffer. There has |> never been any way to easily copy their content (and especially not |> their underlying "deep" content) with the usual keybindings. Another problem with all those off-buffer elements is that they are not scrollable, and valuable information can easily get shifted out of sight. 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."