From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: option doc strings and Customize tags Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:49:28 -0700 Message-ID: <005301c93936$4a358b10$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> References: <005601c9385f$86a998c0$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> <4907637E.8090402@gmx.at> <005201c93933$6bd2eb30$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1225223390 27057 80.91.229.12 (28 Oct 2008 19:49:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:49:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'martin rudalics' , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "'Lennart Borgman'" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 28 20:50:52 2008 connect(): Connection refused 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 1KuuaZ-0008Bf-2C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:50:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46919 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KuuZS-0000qc-U6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:49:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KuuZN-0000n2-Ot for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:49:37 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KuuZK-0000gr-W1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:49:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35552 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KuuZK-0000gY-Nz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:49:34 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet12.oracle.com ([148.87.113.124]:44644 helo=rgminet12.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KuuZK-0002mI-LH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:49:34 -0400 Original-Received: from rgminet15.oracle.com (mail-router.oracle.com [148.87.113.117]) by rgminet12.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id m9SJnP0x013415 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:49:26 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt706.oracle.com (acsmt706.oracle.com [141.146.40.84]) by rgminet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id m9SJnR45012670; Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:49:28 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/24.23.165.218) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:49:25 +0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: Ack5NQb8PM8uCrY4RAG2ULCE2wtMBwAANmXg X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 X-Source-IP: acsmt706.oracle.com [141.146.40.84] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090204.49076CC7.0055:SCFSTAT928724,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) 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:105100 Archived-At: > >> > nil Case-sensitive > >> > t Case-insensitive > >> > Use default > >> > >> I'd put the Lisp values in parentheses as > >> > >> Case-sensitive (nil) > >> Case-insensitive (t) > >> Use default > > > > Sure, fine, whatever. It doesn't matter much what format we > > use. Except that adding parens might confuse things for Lisp > > values that are lists: ((foo bar)). > > > > A more general formatting problem is that the Lisp values > > might be quite long. Some kind of abbreviation is probably > > called for. > > A link that is opened in *Help* and shows the value with an > explanation where it came from? Possibly. But the point here is to show all of the possible values *together*. You don't want to click a button/link and open *Help* for each possible value, to see its Lisp value separately from the others. A single display of all tags and their Lisp values (in *Help* or elsewhere) is what's needed. See the original suggestion.