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: ruler support in hexl mode Date: 15 Mar 2004 12:00:39 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20040305.142915.63122255.jet@gyve.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1079345198 11397 80.91.224.253 (15 Mar 2004 10:06:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 10:06:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jet@gyve.org, Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 15 11:06:29 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 1B2ozN-0002Lk-00 for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 11:06:29 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B2ozN-0001LN-00 for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 11:06:29 +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 1B2ov6-0004MS-Uk for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 05:02:04 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B2oue-0004Lx-52 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 05:01:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B2ou7-0004Hg-Rh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 05:01:34 -0500 Original-Received: from [212.88.64.25] (helo=mail-relay.sonofon.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B2ou7-0004Ha-Aw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 05:01:03 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 887 invoked from network); 15 Mar 2004 10:00:57 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk) (213.83.150.2) by 0 with SMTP; 15 Mar 2004 10:00:57 -0000 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 30 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 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:20498 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:20498 Richard Stallman writes: > Note that if there's no margin (i.e. 99% of the time) this will not align > things properly on a text terminal. This is the reason why I do > a `make-string' for the leading space: the size of the string is used > for alignment in text-terminals while the `display' prop is used otherwise. > > Should this be documented in the Lisp manual along with the :align-to > feature? I think it would be better do add :align-to support to the text terminal. It is on my to-do list to add that. > > Also, how about adding a `text-start' special case which would stand for > (+ (scroll-bar . left) left-fringe left-margin) so that we don't have to > > Could you be more specific about the change you have in mind? > > It should be possible to say :align-to 'text-left to have text in the header line (or mode line) exactly aligned to the left edge of the text area of the window. That is possible with the expression given above, but it is the wrong approach for that purpose. I will work on it. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk