From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: minibuffer at the top Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:23:50 -0800 Message-ID: References: <87tznowke3.fsf@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1195079115 17556 80.91.229.12 (14 Nov 2007 22:25:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:25:15 +0000 (UTC) To: "Suno Ano" , Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 14 23:25:19 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IsQfX-0006UF-FX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:25:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IsQfK-0006ek-Lu for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:24:58 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IsQfH-0006eN-2W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:24:55 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IsQfF-0006e0-9v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:24:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IsQfF-0006dw-2N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:24:53 -0500 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IsQfE-0002sZ-MF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:24:52 -0500 Original-Received: from agmgw2.us.oracle.com (agmgw2.us.oracle.com [152.68.180.213]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id lAEMOm4g015474; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:24:48 -0700 Original-Received: from acsmt350.oracle.com (acsmt350.oracle.com [141.146.40.150]) by agmgw2.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.0/Switch-3.2.0) with ESMTP id lAELM30B026333; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:24:47 -0700 Original-Received: from dhcp-4op11-4op12-west-130-35-178-158.us.oracle.com by acsmt350.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3366343131195079027; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:23:47 -0800 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <87tznowke3.fsf@gmx.at> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:83210 Archived-At: > DA> Out of curiosity, was a reason given, other than personal > DA> preference? Is there a particular use case envisioned for this? > > Drew, that sounds as if you have not seen my initial posting? ... which > could easily be the case since I did the first posting to this list + I > did it via Gmane i.e. I not just read the list via Gmane but also post > to list through Gmane. As I checked yesterday my initial post was gone > i.e. I could only see Richards answer with a snippet of my initial post. > However, now all seems to be fine again (it worked for all other lists > e.g. Planner, Muse etc. from the beginning) ... whatever ... Right, I guess I didn't see your OP. > You asked for a reason and use case -- this is another snippet, taken > from my initial post: > > ,----[ Reason why I am asking ... ] > | Times have changed and nowadays many of us tend to use notebooks. The > | angle between looking at some notebook screen and some workstation > | monitor is different. From my point of view it is much more comfortable > | and healthy to look straight instead of having to "tilt" my head down > | (even bend my whole body) in order to work with the minibuffer when I > | use the notebook. > `---- > > As you can see, my reason is manly for health reasons. I think there is > great value in making a step towards this direction although I am not > aware of how much work it would be to accomplish this. Thanks for the rationale. I have nothing against this.