From: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda@gmail.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>,
41905@debbugs.gnu.org, ej32u@protonmail.com
Subject: bug#41905: Small change: In Customize, display name with with spaces, but keep symbol name underneath.
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2020 16:44:47 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABczVwdiYtuquJFqnX76t8CZYz8DDE2Rv=t1Ofs3tgEgEvAZyA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87tuw9cvof.fsf@mail.linkov.net>
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Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> writes:
>>>>> What I liked about the 'display approach is that it didn't seem to
>>>>> require changes in the describe-* commands to work...
>>>>
>>>> That is a good point, and it would make C-h v make work automatically.
>>>> But 'display properties are kinda awkward -- for one, the cursor moves
>>>> over them in a single skip, so they're a bit confusing in that respect.
>>>
>>> Yes, that's true. So...perhaps it's better to just ditch that idea.
>>
>> Just display spaces over every '-' character (and upper-case letters
>> at word beginnings):
>>
>> (concat (propertize "f" 'display "F")
>> "ill"
>> (propertize "-" 'display " ")
>> (propertize "c" 'display "C")
>> "olumn")
>
> Actually I meant not concat, but set-text-properties:
>
> (let ((name "fill-column"))
> (set-text-properties 0 1 '(display "F") name)
> (set-text-properties 4 5 '(display " ") name)
> (set-text-properties 5 6 '(display "C") name)
> (insert name))
I think that's a good idea.
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2020-06-17 3:23 bug#41905: Small change: In Customize, display name with with spaces, but keep symbol name underneath ej32u--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2020-06-17 21:20 ` Juri Linkov
2020-06-18 22:44 ` Juri Linkov
2020-09-05 12:00 ` Mauro Aranda
2020-09-05 12:13 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-05 12:12 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-05 12:50 ` Mauro Aranda
2020-09-05 12:56 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-05 13:08 ` Mauro Aranda
2020-09-05 13:12 ` Mauro Aranda
2020-09-05 13:24 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-05 13:48 ` Mauro Aranda
2020-09-05 13:52 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-05 14:16 ` Mauro Aranda
2020-09-05 14:36 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-05 14:58 ` Mauro Aranda
2020-09-05 15:08 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-05 15:20 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-05 15:27 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-05 15:07 ` Drew Adams
2020-09-05 15:31 ` Mauro Aranda
2020-09-05 16:37 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-06 12:17 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-06 12:35 ` Mauro Aranda
2020-09-06 12:39 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-06 12:54 ` Mauro Aranda
2020-09-06 18:40 ` Juri Linkov
2020-09-07 18:22 ` Juri Linkov
2020-09-07 19:44 ` Mauro Aranda [this message]
2020-09-07 20:28 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-08 18:33 ` Juri Linkov
2020-09-08 20:50 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-08 19:09 ` Juri Linkov
2020-09-08 20:52 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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