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: put value last in *Help* buffer for C-h v? Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:12:18 -0700 Message-ID: References: <7dbe73ed0703260633i312eedebt31a3a1413cd4db45@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1174922048 17909 80.91.229.12 (26 Mar 2007 15:14:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:14:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-Devel To: "Mathias Dahl" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 26 17:13:52 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 1HVqtL-0000aw-Qy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:13:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HVqva-0002X9-Nx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:16:10 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HVqvW-0002X2-OH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:16:06 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HVqvV-0002Wq-Oe for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:16:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HVqvV-0002Wn-Kj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:16:05 -0500 Original-Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HVqtF-0002ON-BR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:13:45 -0400 Original-Received: from rgmgw3.us.oracle.com (rgmgw3.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.112]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id l2QFDgPV025102; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:13:42 -0500 Original-Received: from acsmt350.oracle.com (acsmt350.oracle.com [141.146.40.150]) by rgmgw3.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id l2QEeldq030885; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:13:41 -0600 Original-Received: from dhcp-amer-rmdc-csvpn-gw5-141-144-104-99.vpn.oracle.com by acsmt350.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2561991781174921940; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:12:20 -0700 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <7dbe73ed0703260633i312eedebt31a3a1413cd4db45@mail.gmail.com> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= 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:68614 Archived-At: > > We might also consider placing a second [back] button after the > > value, if it is longer than, say, 50 lines. > > I have no strong opinion on this apart from thinking that this too is > inconsistent; as a user I want to be able to trust that the same user > interface widgets are available each time I execute a certain > operation. However, I it might look goofy to see something like this: > > [back] > Value: > t > [back] That's why I said "if it is longer than, say, 50 lines." In the case you gave, the value takes up only one line. Make it 1000 lines instead of 50, if you like. I figured that if you have to scroll down, then another [back] button could be helpful.