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Subject: Re: 01/03: ui: Only display link in capable terminals.
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 00:16:25 +0100
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Hi,

Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz> skribis:

> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
>>> You mean the "~%" in "~a~%file: ~a"?
>>> How would you like to display it?
>>
>> I would not display it at all.  I think it=E2=80=99s a bit of clutter th=
at=E2=80=99s
>> best avoided.
>>
>> I guess I=E2=80=99m suggesting a revert of this patch.
>
> So users of terminals without hyperlink support cannot see this piece of
> information?  That's to bad in my opinion.  Better display more than too =
little.

I=E2=80=99ve reverted it in c2f9ea2b502a617bb69227d5f858eee9d4288a6a, also
because if was causing a test failure.

The way I see it, it=E2=80=99s on purpose that this piece of information wa=
s not
displayed before.  For example, I think =E2=80=98guix describe=E2=80=99 sho=
uld be
to-the-point.

More generally, hyperlinks were introduced as a way to enhance the user
experience for those using capable terminals.  Like for hyperlinks in
HTML, it=E2=80=99s a way to convey additional information; displaying all t=
hese
links in addition to the =E2=80=9Cinvisible=E2=80=9D hyperlink data can onl=
y lead to
clutter IMO, and defeats the point of hyperlinks.

Thoughts?

Ludo=E2=80=99, who=E2=80=99s supposed to be mostly away from keyboard this =
week.  :-)