On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 4:25 AM, Jose Arroyo wrote: > As an Emacs user that constantly forgets which is which, I love this > proposal. > ​Right, when you are thinking about many other issues and manipulating things in Emacs, you don't want to have to remember if line numbers precede column numbers or vice versa.​ > > > On 29 Sep 2017 9:03 am, "Colin Baxter" wrote: > > I do not like this proposal. > > There are many things about emacs to remember. Surely, a single > depression of an arrow key is sufficient to remind the forgetful. > > > I disagree, that is a weak argument. There is no cost for this change. > Just be consistent with how these numbers are displayed by themselves. > ​Yes, the consistency alone argues for this. I recommended the parentheses disappear because they are not used when only L or C is shown. But if many tuple lovers chime in, they could easily stay and consistency would be only a bit lower. > simple, simply remove the parentheses which are no longer needed > > and add the prefix character to each number for: > > L,C. This makes the display perfectly > > consistent, easier to read and does not take up any more character > > space. > > With respect, that is a matter of opinion. I find the parenthesis useful > delimiters on the mode-line. > > ​Then maybe you need them for just the L or C modes alone? ​ > ​​ > Besides, they are present for features > ​​ > other than line-column numbers. > > ​If you are referring to another location in the mode-line then that wouldn't be very relevant compared to the internal consistency of this one feature.​​​ > ​​ > > If it is a matter of opinion, I wanted to take the time to show my support > for this patch. At the very least I'd like to be able to toggle it. > > Thanks for the proposal, > ​You are welcome. Thanks all for the feedback. Bob ​