[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Is a `max-width' spec feasible?
From: |
Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
Re: Is a `max-width' spec feasible? |
Date: |
Sat, 27 Nov 2021 15:18:57 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
> Side note: `truncate-string-to-width` doesn't just throw away the
> excess but also inserts an ellipsis to announce the truncation, so if we
> add such a `max-width` it'd be desirable to make it display an ellipsis
> as well when truncating text.
Yup. That does complicate the thing quite a bit, because we'd want to
allow customising that, and the width of the ellipsis is very different
on different displays, etc.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no