From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann@gnu.org>
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Introduce eldoc support in minibuffer
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:25:54 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yxqmxgre8hp.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874o30vcnq.fsf@gmail.com> (Thierry Volpiatto's message of "Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:51:37 +0200")
Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> writes:
> Dan Nicolaescu <dann@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Dan Nicolaescu <dann@gnu.org> writes:
>>>
>>>> Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> when editing code in minibuffer (M-:) eldoc is not available.
>>>>> This patch provide this feature.
>>>>> eldoc is displayed in mode-line.
>>>>
>>>> Can the code that displays something in the modeline be used for something else?
>>> Yes, try (eldoc-show-in-mode-line "foo")
>>
>> I was thinking more of something that is not necessarily related to
>> eldoc, like an API that can be used to display in modeline and maybe a
>> minor mode to turn on/off.
> No, that is for eldoc essentially.
Wouldn't it be better if it was a bit more generic so other parts of
emacs could use it?
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-06 15:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-01 15:39 Introduce eldoc support in minibuffer Thierry Volpiatto
2011-07-02 18:34 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2011-07-02 22:47 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2011-07-03 4:55 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2011-07-03 6:03 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2011-07-05 14:41 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2011-07-05 17:51 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2011-07-06 15:25 ` Dan Nicolaescu [this message]
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