Re: Emacs object type hierarchy

[Andrea Corallo <acorallo@gnu.org>]

Andrea Corallo <acorallo@gnu.org> writes:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
>>> From: Andrea Corallo <acorallo@gnu.org>
>>> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org,  stefankangas@gmail.com
>>> Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2024 14:23:14 -0500
>>> 
>>> >> Maybe a simple table would be just a better option for text?
>>> >
>>> > Could be, but how do you show a DAG in a table?
>>> 
>>> I think is not possible to show the DAG in a table but we could describe
>>> it with a table like:
>>> 
>>> | type    | derived types                   |
>>> |---------+---------------------------------|
>>> | integer | bignum fixnum                   |
>>> | symbol  | keyword boolean symbol-with-pos |
>>> ...
>>> 
>>> Maybe is more readable? I'm not sure ATM what's the best option.
>>
>> I think such a table should be fin on TTY frames.  You can use the
>> Texinfo @image machinery, which allows text replacements for when
>> images cannot be displayed.
>
> Agreed, the table is probably the best option we have.  Okay I'll work
> in this direction.

All right, I've implemented the generation of the table and replaced the
ascii art representation.  It looks fine now in the info page on my TTY
frame.

Thanks

  Andrea