* bug#4482: 23.1.50; "Mode Line" in the Emacs manual "Needs Work"(TM)
@ 2009-09-18 21:16 Eli Zaretskii
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From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2009-09-18 21:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:
This node of the manual has several problems:
. It does not mention the "@" character that is put in the mode line
of emacsclient frames.
. It does not explain what do I>, I+, and I@ input method indications
mean. The cross-reference to the "Input Methods" node does not
help, because this issue is not explained there, either (nor should
it be, IMO).
. The differences between text-mode and GUI terminals are mentioned
in a way that is hard to read. I would suggest to rewrite the text
using an @itemize list, with a separate @item for each indicator
that can be in the mode line, and for those that can only appear on
text-mode terminals, say just that.
. For a user on a text-mode terminal, where a mouse cannot be used to
have the value that corresponds to the indicator spelled out, it
would be good to mention variables that hold those values, so that
the user could evaluate them when she needs that. For example, the
mnemonics for the various coding-systems can be seen by evaluating
buffer-file-coding-system etc.
If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger,
please include the output from the following gdb commands:
`bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
If you would like to further debug the crash, please read the file
d:/gnu/emacs/etc/DEBUG for instructions.
In GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
of 2009-09-18 on HOME-C4E4A596F7
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4)'
Important settings:
value of $LC_ALL: nil
value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
value of $LC_TIME: nil
value of $LANG: ENU
value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
locale-coding-system: cp1255
default enable-multibyte-characters: t
Major mode: Info
Minor modes in effect:
tooltip-mode: t
mouse-wheel-mode: t
tool-bar-mode: t
menu-bar-mode: t
file-name-shadow-mode: t
global-font-lock-mode: t
font-lock-mode: t
blink-cursor-mode: t
global-auto-composition-mode: t
auto-composition-mode: t
auto-encryption-mode: t
auto-compression-mode: t
line-number-mode: t
transient-mark-mode: t
Recent input:
M-x <backspace> <backspace> C-u C-h i g n <tab> <backspace>
<backspace> i n f <tab> e m a <tab> <return> i m o
d e SPC l i n e <return> M-x r e p o r t - e m a <tab>
<return>
Recent messages:
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
call-interactively: Text is read-only [2 times]
Quit
Found `mode line' in Concept Index. (14 total; use `,' for next)
Load-path shadows:
None found.
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