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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: schwab@linux-m68k.org, op@omarpolo.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs-28 47cbd10: * lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-position): Improve tooltip.
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 15:32:48 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83zgrdnlzj.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkmnN1TNwsYnNjBUn+b0UTq8_maQCpm=5CdBAVZkwTbZ5pg@mail.gmail.com> (message from Stefan Kangas on Tue, 12 Oct 2021 20:33:43 -0700)

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 20:33:43 -0700
> Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> Having thought about the various alternatives for a bit, my suggestion
> is this:
> 
>     "Window Scroll Position"
> 
> It seems to capture that this is more about the window ("viewport" is
> accurate but not a term we normally use) than about the buffer itself.
> Buffer position seems to suggest that this has to do with the position
> of point, which we already have the column/line number display for.
> 
> It will also avoid the problem that someone sees "Top" or "Bot", but the
> tooltip incorrectly says that it is a "Percentage".
> 
> Does this sound like an acceptable conclusion to this discussion?

No, because "position" in Emacs is too tightly coupled with a simple
number that is a buffer position.  Just look at our usage of that term
in the documentation.



  reply	other threads:[~2021-10-13 12:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-10-09  7:58 emacs-28 47cbd10: * lisp/bindings.el (mode-line-position): Improve tooltip Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-09  8:06 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-09  8:28   ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-09  8:34     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-09  8:52       ` Andreas Schwab
2021-10-09  9:30         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-09  9:54           ` Omar Polo
2021-10-13  3:33             ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-13 12:32               ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-10-13 12:56                 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-13 12:58                   ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-13 13:31                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-13 22:28                       ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-13 13:30                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-09 11:33           ` Andreas Schwab
2021-10-10  0:09 ` [External] : " Drew Adams

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