From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#1355: suggestion on the modeline Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:47:41 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20081117232648.GA9335@muc.de> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 1355@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1226981429 3434 80.91.229.12 (18 Nov 2008 04:10:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:10:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: xah lee , bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com, 1355@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, rms@gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 18 05:11:30 2008 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 1L2Hw1-0001oZ-AL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:11:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38665 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L2Hus-0003Tk-IM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:10:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L2Huo-0003TX-NM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:10:14 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L2Hun-0003TA-3V for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:10:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44338 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L2Hum-0003T6-T9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:10:12 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:39281) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L2Hum-0005tq-G9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:10:12 -0500 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 mAI4A8CO016657; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:10:09 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id mAI3t5Gk011869; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:55:05 -0800 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:55:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 1355 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 1355-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B1355.122698008510354 (code B ref 1355); Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:55:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at 1355) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 18 Nov 2008 03:48:05 +0000 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id mAI3m2fJ010344 for <1355@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:48:03 -0800 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AhIFADfKIUlMCrcy/2dsb2JhbACBbc8/gnmBFA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,622,1220241600"; d="scan'208";a="29991873" Original-Received: from 76-10-183-50.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([76.10.183.50]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 17 Nov 2008 22:47:42 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 5F7D57F97; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:47:41 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20081117232648.GA9335@muc.de> (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:26:48 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:10:14 -0500 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:22456 Archived-At: > , the percentage currently displayed is a / (a + W + b). So, although in > the picture, the window is showing the middle of the buffer, the > percentage displayed is 22%, rather than 50%. This is particularly > jarring when scrolling through, perhaps, an info page. You see 47%, then > two lines later, Bot. > A better calculation would be a / (a + b), the degree of "travel" of the > windown through the buffer. This approaches 100% as the window reaches > the bottom of the buffer. I'd tend to agree, tho I don't have any strong feeling about it. Stefan