From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: tabulated-list sort icon is reversed Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2018 01:02:43 -0400 Message-ID: References: <83a7qbtc6l.fsf@gnu.org> <83bmaqq735.fsf@gnu.org> <87d0v1lsns.fsf@fastmail.fm> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1533186105 10361 195.159.176.226 (2 Aug 2018 05:01:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2018 05:01:45 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 02 07:01:40 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fl5k4-0002a7-G5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Aug 2018 07:01:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43972 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fl5mB-0003QU-2y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Aug 2018 01:03:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56576) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fl5lL-0003MK-8J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Aug 2018 01:03:00 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fl5lI-0004iL-24 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Aug 2018 01:02:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=38775 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fl5lH-0004gJ-PR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Aug 2018 01:02:55 -0400 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fl5j4-0001ZT-Av for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Aug 2018 07:00:38 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 28 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:Lzb/YrrMng5hA7HpAsB3H0WpwZg= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 195.159.176.226 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:228101 Archived-At: > > My understanding of the discussion is that for some, a downward > > pointing triangle indicates an ascending sort order, while for > > others it indicates a descending sort order. > > Can anyone suggest an icon whose meaning would be clear? > Perhaps < and >? > Those two characters turned 90 degrees? I think the "stack of lines of increasing/decreasing length" is a good choice. Tho instead of - --- ----- ------- I'd go with - --- ----- ------- --------- so it can't be confused with an arrow at small sizes. Stefan