From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chris Van Dusen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs scale generator? Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 19:07:58 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1426205301 26312 80.91.229.3 (13 Mar 2015 00:08:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 00:08:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Dan Espen Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 13 01:08:21 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YWD9J-0000U5-2t for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2015 01:08:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34490 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YWD9I-0001eW-2f for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 20:08:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49467) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YWD96-0001eQ-AT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 20:08:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YWD91-0004bq-PK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 20:08:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pa0-x22b.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c03::22b]:43721) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YWD91-0004bE-Hs for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 20:08:03 -0400 Original-Received: by pablj1 with SMTP id lj1so24546305pab.10 for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:08:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=svexeohhOUhuum1HioDX9RTGBUO+qEMPWwXwldf8WME=; b=xBvOhgRFsJPdRn5YzSBwKNP/qlh/f1k+ZAT+pWtJrQCZfl43N549prr2uSobgHlADw Qqrdl/mOOaNJRZYAnq+VoFvJS8T6E0Eq/RmUainWsuK9Zy0zqfiZntZctCKd25iDgcDd zNJp0zbph8iCIBzuItHfA5BiLjPM53ZtLdXrVzlAXhkoVuqX09pav8yiPKIGVk4msUKY C+/iGBUYWHuIPaC95kGdcAwMhxwiv+nwFwdSHEJUogWapGNZL+hauiIEOS/p8VFVDMHQ kJfJgyoXCboyHkcbb2kKB/ROZTYGoe4/EkHPXNsUHLSUpcQmvQ1PxbhuwV5fDMyUDx0C rqGg== X-Received: by 10.67.7.135 with SMTP id dc7mr96971373pad.140.1426205281650; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:08:01 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from [192.168.100.209] (cpe-23-243-106-124.socal.res.rr.com. [23.243.106.124]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id c8sm364904pds.5.2015.03.12.17.08.00 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:08:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c03::22b X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:103125 Archived-At: On Mar 12, 2015, at 3:23 PM, Dan Espen wrote: > > Okay, I've needed this more than a few times and Google isn't helping. > I write and design a lot of fixed format data and I need > layout scales like this: > > 1...5...10...15...20... > > Anyone out there ever write anything like this? > Ideally I'd like to be able to do something like: > > Esc 80 M-x scale > > and get an 80 character long scale. > Up into the 100s for extra points: > > 95..100..105 > > -- > Dan Espen Does M-x ruler-mode not do what you need? Chris.