From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: use of symbolic display elements in ruler-mode Date: 18 Mar 2004 09:27:14 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <6592006.1079615674954.JavaMail.www@wwinf0802> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1079620859 22774 80.91.224.253 (18 Mar 2004 14:40:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 14:40:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 18 15:40:43 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B3yhO-0008Ld-00 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:40:42 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B3yhN-0000MR-00 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:40:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B3yeE-0000ll-Dc for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 09:37:26 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B3ybk-00006k-Ci for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 09:34:52 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B3yUV-0006eK-Cl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 09:27:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [132.204.24.67] (helo=mercure.iro.umontreal.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B3yUV-0006eA-3j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 09:27:23 -0500 Original-Received: from asado.iro.umontreal.ca (asado.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.24.84]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60F5B205F9; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 09:27:14 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: by asado.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 4DDB08C8E4; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 09:27:14 -0500 (EST) Original-To: david.ponce@wanadoo.fr In-Reply-To: <6592006.1079615674954.JavaMail.www@wwinf0802> Original-Lines: 25 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-4.9, requis 5, BAYES_00 -4.90) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:20580 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:20580 > (defvar ruler-mode-ruler-function nil > - "If non-nil, function to call to return ruler string. > + "If non-nil, function to call to return ruler header line format. > This variable is expected to be made buffer-local by modes.") > (defconst ruler-mode-header-line-format > - '(:eval (funcall (if ruler-mode-ruler-function > - ruler-mode-ruler-function > - 'ruler-mode-ruler))) > + '(:eval (funcall (or ruler-mode-ruler-function 'ruler-mode-ruler))) > "`header-line-format' used in ruler mode. > -If the non-nil value for ruler-mode-ruler-function is given, use it. > -Else use `ruler-mode-ruler' is used as default value.") > +If `ruler-mode-ruler-function' is non-nil, call it to compute the > +ruler value, else use `ruler-mode-ruler'.") Why not just: (defvar ruler-mode-ruler-function 'ruler-mode-ruler "Function to call to return ruler string.") (defconst ruler-mode-header-line-format '(:eval (funcall ruler-mode-ruler-function)) "`header-line-format' used in ruler mode.") -- Stefan