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charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > From: Robert Weiner > > Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 13:45:01 -0400 > > Cc: 28648@debbugs.gnu.org, Richard Stallman > > > > We had "Ln Cn" kind of display in Emacs 21 and before, and we changed > > that to the current display in Emacs 22.1 (the change itself is from > > Aug 2002). > > > > =E2=80=8BWas there any particular rationale for this? > > Yes: the "Ln Cn" display was deemed "quite annoying to look at". > Sounds familiar? ;-) > =E2=80=8BOne person said that and there were differing opinions. RMS agree= d to the change but it is unclear which parts he really wanted. Richard, did you really want the display of L and C removed when both are shown or was there some other aspect to this change that you wanted? The better question is what do you think now? =E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B > =E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B > > =E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B > You can read the entire thread here: > =E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B > > =E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2002-08/msg00451.html =E2=80=8BThanks for the pointer. The thread does not suggest that the chan= ge was based on any universal or even consensus opinion, thus it should be open to debate again. Bob --f403045d6da08a67cb055a587a62 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Fri, Sep 29, 2= 017 at 2:20 PM, Eli Zaretskii <el= iz@gnu.org> wrot= e:
> From: Robert Weiner <rsw@gnu.org>
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 13:45:01 -0400
> Cc: 28648@debbugs.gnu.org= , Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> >
>=C2=A0 We had "Ln Cn" kind of display in Emacs 21 and before,= and we changed
>=C2=A0 that to the current display in Emacs 22.1 (the change itself is = from
>=C2=A0 Aug 2002).
>
> =E2=80=8BWas there any particular rationale for this?

Yes: the "Ln Cn" display was deemed "quite annoying t= o look at".
Sounds familiar? ;-)

=E2=80=8BOne person sa= id that and there were differing opinions.=C2=A0 RMS agreed to the change b= ut it is unclear which parts he really wanted.=C2=A0 Richard, did you reall= y want the display of L and C removed when both are shown or was there some= other aspect to this change that you wanted?=C2=A0 The better question is = what do you think now?
=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B
=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B

=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B
You can read the entire thread here:
=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B

=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B
=C2=A0 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2002-08/ms= g00451.html

=E2=80=8BThanks for the pointer.=C2= =A0 The thread does not suggest that the change was based on any universal = or even consensus opinion, thus it should be open to debate again.

B= ob

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