From: Andrea Corallo <acorallo@gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: acm@muc.de, yantar92@posteo.net,
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
70077@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#70077: An easier way to track buffer changes
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2024 13:27:47 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yp1o7ajkbn0.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvcyqzdcmx.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier via's message of "Mon, 08 Apr 2024 13:17:37 -0400")
Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of
text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:
>>> Maybe `describe-type` should lists the slots first and the docstring
>>> underneath rather than other way around?
>>
>> That'd also be good. Then the doc string should say something like
>>
>> Object holding a description of a buffer state.
>> It has the following Allocated Slots:
>>
>> Name Type Default
>> ———— ———— ———————
>> beg t (point-max)
>> end t (point-min)
>> before t nil
>> next t nil
>>
>> BEG..END is the area that was changed and BEFORE is its previous
>> content[...]
>
> OK, I'll switch the two, thanks.
>
>> (Btw, those "t" under "Type" are also somewhat mysterious. What do
>> they signify?)
>
> `C-h o t RET` says:
>
> t’s value is t
>
> Not documented as a variable.
>
> Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 16.
>
>
>
> t is also a type.
>
> t is a type (of kind ‘built-in-class’).
> Children ‘sequence’, ‘atom’.
>
> Abstract supertype of everything.
>
> This is a built-in type.
>
> [back]
>
> We could put buttons in the "Type" column, but I'm not sure it'd be
> better or worse (I'm worried about turning everything into a button).
FWIW I'd vote for buttonify every type in our *Help* buffer.
Andrea
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2024-03-29 16:15 bug#70077: An easier way to track buffer changes Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-03-29 18:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-03-29 18:53 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-03-30 6:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-03-30 14:58 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-03-30 16:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-03-31 2:57 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-01 11:53 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-04-01 14:51 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-01 17:49 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-02 14:22 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-04-02 15:17 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-02 16:21 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-04-02 17:51 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-03 12:34 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-04-03 12:45 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-04 17:58 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-03-30 3:17 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-03-30 5:09 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-03-29 22:20 ` phillip.lord
2024-03-29 22:59 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-03-30 6:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-03-30 12:06 ` phillip.lord
2024-03-30 13:39 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-03-30 9:51 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-03-30 12:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-03-30 13:19 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-03-30 13:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-03-30 14:09 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-05 22:12 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-06 8:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-08 15:24 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-08 15:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-08 17:17 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-08 17:27 ` Andrea Corallo [this message]
2024-04-08 18:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-08 20:57 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-09 4:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-08 20:45 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-09 3:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-04-09 23:30 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-13 13:44 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-06 17:37 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-04-06 19:44 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-07 14:40 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-07 15:47 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-04-07 14:07 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-04-08 16:06 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-04-09 17:35 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-04-10 2:02 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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