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Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented.
From: |
Dieter Wilhelm |
Subject: |
Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented. |
Date: |
Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:05:55 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.990 (gnu/linux) |
Juri Linkov <address@hidden> writes:
>>> That is a good point. Do people think we should swap them?
>>
>> Please don't.
>>
>> When I introduced the new (L,C) format, I looked at a number of other
>> text editors, and they all have line number followed by column number.
>> So that is the conventional sequence.
>>
>> Some examples (line 123, column 45):
>>
>> VIM: 123,45
>> Emacs 21: L123 C45
>> Word: Ln 123 Col 45
>> Nedit: Line 123 Col 45
>
> I agree that there is no need to swap them. The only problem with the
> (L,C) format is that it's not immediately clear where is the line number
> and where is the column number. Note that other editors have a visual cue
> like "Ln", "Line" and "Col" to indicate which is which.
Yes, it would be clearer with an indicator. I like the Emacs 21 style
better than the current one.
(But not to be outdone by Vim I remind of the alternative 123c45 8-))
--
Best wishes
H. Dieter Wilhelm
Darmstadt, Germany
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., (continued)
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., Richard Stallman, 2007/06/08
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2007/06/08
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., Kim F. Storm, 2007/06/08
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., David House, 2007/06/08
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., Richard Stallman, 2007/06/09
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., Kim F. Storm, 2007/06/08
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., Juri Linkov, 2007/06/08
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented.,
Dieter Wilhelm <=
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- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., Stephen Berman, 2007/06/06
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