From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Showing end of buffer Date: 24 Jan 2004 01:12:15 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87ptdfbrgu.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> <87isj460qt.fsf@cs.cmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1074899894 12313 80.91.224.253 (23 Jan 2004 23:18:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 23:18:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Michael Welsh Duggan Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 24 00:18:07 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 1AkAYx-0003fg-00 for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 00:18:07 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AkAYu-0003H8-00 for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 00:18:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AkAYl-0007f0-Nh for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 18:17:55 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AkAYO-0007bP-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 18:17:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AkAXr-00078f-Hk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 18:17:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.41.8] (helo=mx20.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1AkAXJ-0006On-Ml; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 18:16:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.236] (helo=pfepb.post.tele.dk) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AkATX-0003hS-ON; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 18:12:31 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx3.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepb.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 7E8145EE17D; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 00:12:24 +0100 (CET) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 15 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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:19467 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:19467 Richard Stallman writes: > The up and down arrows indicate whether portions of the buffer exist > outside the window in either direction. Combined with the top and > bottom markers, this makes a good visual alternative (and one that > is, for me, much easier to view at a glance) to the Top/Bot/All > indicators in the status bar. > > It seems to me that one or the other is sufficient. Either the top > and bottom indicators, or the up and down arrows, would be enough. I agree -- that's why the arrows are optional. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk