Re: bind print-integers-as-characters to t in `describe-variable'?

[Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>]

>>>>> On Wed, 15 May 2024 12:13:49 +0200, Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard@gmail.com> said:

    Mattias> 15 maj 2024 kl. 11.33 skrev Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>:
    >> It makes the display of eg `electric-quote-chars' much more readable

    Mattias> And `fill-column` much less readable. On balance, the
    Mattias> loss of readability for numbers that are not characters
    Mattias> seems to outweigh the gain for those that are.

We could add a limit to print-integers-as-characters above which it
takes effect (default '0').

Or we could look at the custom-type of the variable to see if it is or
contains 'character'.

    Mattias> We could have stateful buttons controlling the display,
    Mattias> which could also include things like printing numbers in
    Mattias> hex and control chars in strings as escape sequences.

Iʼm not entirely sure youʼre being serious here :-) , but that seems
like overkill.

Robert
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