From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 10127@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10127: 24.0.91; wrong window width calc for `C-u C-x =' when *Help* in separate frame
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:45:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83sjlb6iz5.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <A2BDBB85CE16484CA56DD9292C6AF38E@us.oracle.com>
> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: <10127@debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:41:16 -0800
>
> I really am delighted that you want to fix this in the best way
> possible. My suggestions for fixing it were only that: suggestions.
> I have no problem if you ignore them, as I said. My only concern is
> that the bug be fixed, not how the fix is implemented.
OK, let's give it another try.
No matter how you format the various fields of the information
displayed by "C-u C-x =", it will eventually happen that the window is
not wide enough to display something like this:
foo bar: bla-bla-bla yak-yak-yak
in a single screen line. When this happens, the current code does the
following:
. it inserts a newline after the colon
. it indents to the column just past the one occupied by the colon
. it then inserts the remaining text at that point
The result is roughly this:
foo bar:
bla-bla-bla yak-yak-yak
There are several possible ways to change this. One is just
displaying the value disregarding the window width, producing a
continuation line:
foo bar: bla-bla-bla yak-\
yak-yak
Another is to force word-wrap in the *Help* buffer, resulting in
foo bar: bla-bla-bla \
yak-yak-yak
Yet another is do the equivalent of M-q, with this result:
foo bar: bla-bla-bla
yak-yak-yak
There are others, I'm sure.
So which one is the best?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-26 14:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-24 18:29 bug#10127: 24.0.91; wrong window width calc for `C-u C-x =' when *Help* in separate frame Drew Adams
2011-11-24 18:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-11-24 19:08 ` Drew Adams
2011-11-24 20:40 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-11-24 20:52 ` Drew Adams
2011-11-24 21:06 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-11-25 8:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-11-25 15:25 ` Drew Adams
2011-11-25 18:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-11-25 19:41 ` Drew Adams
2011-11-26 14:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-11-26 14:45 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2011-11-26 17:56 ` Drew Adams
2012-08-09 8:13 ` Chong Yidong
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