From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: describe-mode's treatment of minor-modes is annoying Date: 07 May 2004 08:09:50 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200405061708.i46H8U4D014234@brains.moreideas.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1083941786 5065 80.91.224.253 (7 May 2004 14:56:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 14:56:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri May 07 16:56:14 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BM6fY-0004aU-00 for ; Fri, 07 May 2004 16:49:44 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BM6fX-0001Fp-00 for ; Fri, 07 May 2004 16:49:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BM6PK-0005vk-Ml for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 07 May 2004 10:32:58 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BM6II-0004YS-SK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 May 2004 10:25:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BM5ao-0003pC-OO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 May 2004 09:41:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [207.245.84.69] (helo=colo.agora-net.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.30) id 1BM4Au-0006di-9T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 May 2004 08:09:56 -0400 Original-Received: from ttn by colo.agora-net.com with local (Exim 3.34 #1) id 1BM4Ao-0005t0-00; Fri, 07 May 2004 08:09:50 -0400 Original-To: Peter Whaite In-Reply-To: Peter Whaite's message of "Thu, 06 May 2004 12:40:34 -0400" Original-Lines: 19 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:22901 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:22901 Peter Whaite writes: inline the description of its corresponding mode rather than displaying it in another buffer? reading this reminds me of similar presentation style, using outline, for buffer-local variables, as implemented in: http://www.glug.org/people/ttn/software/ttn-pers-elisp/dist/ lisp/low-stress/print-buffer-local-variables.el it seems to me for a flat set of items numbering less than 100 (such as buffer-local variables, or contemporaneous major/minor modes), outline as top-level presentation format is ideal. particular outline style as well as what to do w/ each item -- hiding, hyperlinking, further decoration -- can be considered as separate questions. thi