From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: vc-mode-line Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:04:24 +0200 Message-ID: References: <83lj8tb2yg.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1280703888 7568 80.91.229.12 (1 Aug 2010 23:04:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 23:04:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Andy Moreton Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 02 01:04:47 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OfhaI-00057r-QT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:04:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35473 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OfhaI-00030R-C8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:04:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=54175 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OfhaA-00030M-T8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:04:40 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ofha9-00009S-KN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:04:38 -0400 Original-Received: from impaqm5.telefonica.net ([213.4.138.5]:56026) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ofha9-00009K-E7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:04:37 -0400 Original-Received: from IMPmailhost3.adm.correo ([10.20.102.124]) by IMPaqm5.telefonica.net with bizsmtp id p9gJ1e01N2h2L9m3RB4RDe; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:04:25 +0200 Original-Received: from ceviche.home ([83.61.38.247]) by IMPmailhost3.adm.correo with BIZ IMP id pB4Q1e0045KwfZf1jB4Qfn; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:04:25 +0200 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-TE-authinfo: authemail="monnier$movistar.es" |auth_email="monnier@movistar.es" X-TE-AcuTerraCos: auth_cuTerraCos="cosuitnetc01" Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 3556666140; Mon, 2 Aug 2010 01:04:24 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Andy Moreton's message of "Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:34:45 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:128084 Archived-At: >> I will take care of fixing that, but while at that, I'm surprised that >> the characters selected to express the various statuses have such a >> small mnemonic value. `-' would be much more appropriate for removed >> files, and locally added files should use `+' rather than `@'. How >> entrenched are the current indicators? is it possible to change them, >> or will that cause massive breakage elsewhere and/or user outcry? > Even more useful would be to replace this with something more like > mode-line-format that allows the user to extend the information > displayed. There are also long-standing requests to use faces (rather than only special chars) to indicate the VC status of the file. Stefan