From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: bug#3528: 23.0.94; feature request: Add mode-line tooltips for buffer position (% of)and (line, col) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:21:56 -0700 Message-ID: References: <03299B13117C4C7D994C07EBF1EC603C@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: Drew Adams , 3528@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com 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 1244669868 13049 80.91.229.12 (10 Jun 2009 21:37:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:37:48 +0000 (UTC) To: "'Drew Adams'" , <3528@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>, Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 10 23:37:45 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MEVUO-0004pM-EQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:37:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56372 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MEVUN-0006q6-Th for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:37:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MEVU6-0006f5-Uf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:37:27 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MEVU3-0006bI-CE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:37:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48058 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MEVU2-0006au-Rn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:37:22 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:44704) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MEVU2-0003oX-4P for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:37:22 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n5ALbJWq020920; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:37:20 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n5ALU6pw019578; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:30:06 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:30:06 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 3528 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.124466893518756 (code B ref -1); Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:30:06 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 10 Jun 2009 21:22:15 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n5ALMBEO018751 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:22:12 -0700 Original-Received: from mail.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]:48507 helo=mx10.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1MEVFK-00053y-GE for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:22:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MEVFI-0001a6-9i for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:22:10 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet11.oracle.com ([148.87.113.123]:59825 helo=rgminet11.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MEVFH-0001Zq-Sl for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:22:08 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com (acsinet15.oracle.com [141.146.126.227]) by rgminet11.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n5ALMqgk032179 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:22:53 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt006.oracle.com (abhmt006.oracle.com [141.146.116.15]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n5ALN4jo001081; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:23:04 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.179.10) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:21:54 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcnqD2FCchP8CRgZQCiQ1zj+RJUB3QAAdPdw In-Reply-To: <03299B13117C4C7D994C07EBF1EC603C@us.oracle.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Source-IP: abhmt006.oracle.com [141.146.116.15] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090206.4A3023F3.00E8:SCFSTAT5015188,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:37:26 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:28636 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:24611 Archived-At: > We now have mouseover tooltips for most mode-line info. > Please add tooltips to explain the buffer position (12% of...) and the > line and column indicators. I wasn't clear. We have such tooltips, but they are not very helpful. `Size indication mode' is useless text. Say instead what this field is - how to understand the text, and what happens if you click `mouse-1' here. > We might also add a tooltip for the time, mentioning the timezone > info. or UTC delta.