From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 08:07:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <584716a3-7baa-4400-8c4a-477adc6d2eea@default> References: <78B50EFACD052CCA.78F21E31-EFAB-409D-BD09-621C200CF3B7@mail.outlook.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1533049693 22270 195.159.176.226 (31 Jul 2018 15:08:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:08:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Fu Yuan , rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 31 17:08:09 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fkWFs-0005gH-L8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 17:08:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59333 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fkWHz-0004ur-BE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:10:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56109) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fkWFr-0002pZ-N0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:08:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fkWFo-0006gy-DE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:08:07 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp2120.oracle.com ([141.146.126.78]:56634) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fkWFo-0006g9-3J; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:08:04 -0400 Original-Received: from pps.filterd (aserp2120.oracle.com [127.0.0.1]) by aserp2120.oracle.com (8.16.0.22/8.16.0.22) with SMTP id w6VF48M9124630; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:08:01 GMT DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=oracle.com; h=mime-version : message-id : date : from : sender : to : cc : subject : references : in-reply-to : content-type : content-transfer-encoding; s=corp-2018-07-02; bh=RCbBXOIiVYLM3/hOeHjZqXsGlplwI4qWp+MMa8ZpSWA=; b=fhUqrClXqkiDyb4Qfito3Sx/n7VOdHujY9BKECkzqFBXZaocYhsMKQMqiMftCXtKl3AO 2d2LmtoaOOOYUL3aMQJaVC69P1o7gtneFedQFIqD/N+NkNOg/E0KL5Cd0sTjXPjYDGuv pY01cqyY7IaNx979hI1GS+0LQLLslsAizFxdXpsYfKjX07h4RjZe5g5Tsm7g2yOXixIw AdopkG/XRSETq5giWvwG2o8TYwiMyIXq0HLNb/YUV4EKZK20Dywj407YXxLREmqITXcu MQijh8T/EHbm/ib773iPjtOgvuqEe+vuE1dPGbcJa0l4zRywhSd5HvrXsls3f8X4xwX+ 7w== Original-Received: from aserv0022.oracle.com (aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234]) by aserp2120.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2kggep1g0j-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:08:00 +0000 Original-Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by aserv0022.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id w6VF808e001309 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:08:00 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0011.oracle.com (abhmp0011.oracle.com [141.146.116.17]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.13.8) with ESMTP id w6VF80SW002341; Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:08:00 GMT In-Reply-To: <78B50EFACD052CCA.78F21E31-EFAB-409D-BD09-621C200CF3B7@mail.outlook.com> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 16.0.4717.0 (x86)] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=5900 definitions=8970 signatures=668706 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 mlxscore=0 mlxlogscore=800 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1806210000 definitions=main-1807310139 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.78 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:228042 Archived-At: > How about=C2=A0 > ____4____9____4____9____4____9 >? It=E2=80=99s a bit easier on the eyes. > Or even=C2=A0 > ____+____+____+____+ > and >....+....+....+....+ Much harder to determine length than RMS's suggestion, I think. FWIW, I've long used a command that (temporarily) inserts 2 lines like this= in an Emacs buffer, for quick comparison with the lines before/after. 1 2 3 = 4 5 6 7 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890