From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: longlines-mode Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:42:12 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203795762 30119 80.91.229.12 (23 Feb 2008 19:42:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:42:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 23 20:43:07 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JT0H3-0006gQ-Gz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:43:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JT0GX-0003NK-Oy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:42:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JT0GU-0003Ml-4o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:42:30 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JT0GR-0003LH-PE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:42:28 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JT0GR-0003LE-LP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:42:27 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JT0GR-0005sh-EO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:42:27 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CAIsGwEdMCpz5Wmdsb2JhbACQUgEgm1KBAA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,395,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="14885591" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 23 Feb 2008 14:42:12 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([76.10.156.249]) by smtp.pppoe.ca (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id DVN73812; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:42:12 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 6D1098A41; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:42:12 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Reiner Steib's message of "Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:44:40 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:90146 Archived-At: > - The default value of `longlines-show-effect' is > (propertize "|\n" 'face 'escape-glyph). > `M-x customize-variable RET longlines-show-effect RET' should allow > to change only the character (e.g. `|' -> `=B6' =3D "PILCROW SIGN", > "PARAGRAPH SIGN", i.e. keep the properties. > Maybe splitting string and face would make it easier to customize > it? Or maybe Customize should have a special :type that says that by default it should display the sexp rather than the resulting value (i.e. as if the user had used "Show Saved Lisp Expression"). As for the default... FWIW I have the following in my .emacs: (setq longlines-show-effect (propertize "=B6\n\n" 'face 'escape-glyph)) I find the empty line very helpful. Stefan