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: display-completion-list should not strip text properties Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 13:16:17 -0700 Message-ID: References: <86wsv3d0hs.fsf@rakim.cfhp.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189109811 19543 80.91.229.12 (6 Sep 2007 20:16:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 20:16:51 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 06 22:16:51 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 1ITNmU-0007bV-I0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:16:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITNmS-0007Tz-LV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:16:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITNmO-0007TV-UL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:16:45 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITNmM-0007Sd-H2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:16:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITNmM-0007Sa-BW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:16:42 -0400 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 1ITNmK-0004MI-H2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:16:42 -0400 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 l86KGXpl031687 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 14:16:34 -0600 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 l8446NMG008017 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 14:16:33 -0600 Original-Received: from dhcp-4op11-4op12-west-130-35-178-203.us.oracle.com by acsmt351.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3190766041189109773; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:16:13 -0700 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <86wsv3d0hs.fsf@rakim.cfhp.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Detected-Kernel: 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:78020 Archived-At: > >>> Why do we need to put properties other that the `face' property > >>> in doc strings? There are already ways to make links. > >> > >> To include graphics in Help, for one thing. > >> > >> Is that really something we should get into? > >> I think we should not. > > > Why not? > > > Help, and documentation generally, often call upon graphics to aid > > communication. > > Manuals are often improved by graphics that help to illuminate the > subject matter, but *docstrings*? Why not? We're talking about the _possibility_ of adding a graphic, not the obligation to do so. Can you not imagine any doc string that might usefully take advantage of this? No use of an icon? Lack of imagination?