Re: Emacs object type hierarchy

[Andrea Corallo]

Andrea Corallo <acorallo@gnu.org> writes:

> 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.

Hi all,

any check/improvement we want still do on this? Or shall we merge it?

Thanks

  Andrea