From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: bug#3314: 23.0.93; Emacs manual, node RegPos Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 22:36:28 -0600 Message-ID: References: <000201c9d675$cf77ea70$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <002b01c9d716$551483f0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: Kevin Rodgers , 3314@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1242968003 29842 80.91.229.12 (22 May 2009 04:53:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 04:53:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 22 06:52:57 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 1M7MkY-0007KY-2A for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 May 2009 06:52:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38213 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M7MkX-0000Ze-Jr for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 May 2009 00:52:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M7Mjq-0000LU-Bv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 May 2009 00:52:10 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M7Mji-0000K9-Nn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 May 2009 00:52:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55142 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M7Mji-0000K0-KA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 May 2009 00:52:02 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:45432) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M7Mjh-0008W5-JJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 May 2009 00:52:02 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n4M4pvcG010779; Thu, 21 May 2009 21:51:59 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n4M4j5e6008243; Thu, 21 May 2009 21:45:05 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Kevin Rodgers Original-Sender: news Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 04:45:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 3314 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.12429670396556 (code B ref -1); Fri, 22 May 2009 04:45:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 22 May 2009 04:37:19 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n4M4bC5I006545 for ; Thu, 21 May 2009 21:37:14 -0700 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M7MVL-00022J-O0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 May 2009 00:37:12 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M7MVG-0001z8-Hh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 May 2009 00:37:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56003 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M7MVF-0001yy-KE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 May 2009 00:37:05 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:35456 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M7MVF-0006ZI-6f for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 May 2009 00:37:05 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1M7MV9-0004lA-98 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 May 2009 04:36:59 +0000 Original-Received: from c-67-190-36-32.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([67.190.36.32]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 22 May 2009 04:36:59 +0000 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-67-190-36-32.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 22 May 2009 04:36:59 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 15 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-67-190-36-32.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Macintosh/20090302) In-Reply-To: <002b01c9d716$551483f0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 00:52:07 -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:28082 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:24479 Drew Adams wrote: >> The reason for abbreviating some node names is to prevent the node's >> first line (in the Info file) from wrapping in an ugly way. > > Not a good solution, IMO. > > Even if no good solution for the wrapping problem could be found, it is more > important that nodes have helpful names than that wrapping be avoided. Determine how many characters can be displayed, truncate the node name accordingly, and add the help-echo text property with the full node name. -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA