From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Xah Lee <xah@xahlee.org>
Cc: 4334@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#4334: 23.1.50; truncate-partial-width-windows documentation problem
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:42:53 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvws4esj2k.fsf-monnier+emacsbugreports@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <76BDC6EEF74841479674E3DFDCFA1CBA@xahPC> (Xah Lee's message of "Thu, 3 Sep 2009 09:27:44 -0700")
> There's this variable truncate-partial-width-windows in emacs 23.1.
I agree it's not perfect.
Does the patch below make it more clear for you?
Stefan
=== modified file 'src/xdisp.c'
--- src/xdisp.c 2009-08-30 01:04:59 +0000
+++ src/xdisp.c 2009-09-04 17:42:00 +0000
@@ -24838,13 +24838,13 @@
DEFVAR_LISP ("truncate-partial-width-windows",
&Vtruncate_partial_width_windows,
- doc: /* Non-nil means truncate lines in windows with less than the frame width.
-For an integer value, truncate lines in each window with less than the
+ doc: /* Non-nil means truncate lines in windows narrower than the frame.
+For an integer value, truncate lines in each window narrower than the
full frame width, provided the window width is less than that integer;
otherwise, respect the value of `truncate-lines'.
-For any other non-nil value, truncate lines in all windows with
-less than the full frame width.
+For any other non-nil value, truncate lines in all windows that do
+not span the full frame width.
A value of nil means to respect the value of `truncate-lines'.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-04 17:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-03 16:27 bug#4334: 23.1.50; truncate-partial-width-windows documentation problem Xah Lee
2009-09-04 6:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-09-04 17:42 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2009-09-05 14:02 ` Xah Lee
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