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Re: indicate-buffer-boundaries
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Kim F. Storm |
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Re: indicate-buffer-boundaries |
Date: |
Sun, 26 Sep 2004 01:50:49 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
> The interface for indicate-buffer-boundaries is really kludgy.
> I cleaned up the doc for it, but I would really rather make
> it simpler.
>
> A good way to make it simpler is to use an alist. Pick four suitable
> symbols, one for each of these icons. I suggest `top', `bottom', `up'
> and `down'. t can serve as a default for all four. In the alist,
> associate these symbols with either `left', `right' or `nil'.
>
> Instead of current (t . right), we would use ((top . left) (t . right))
> or ((top . left) (bottom . right) (up . right) (down . right))
> Instead of current (left . nil), we would use ((top . left) (bottom . left)).
>
> Isn't that clearer? It is much less ad-hoc.
That would be cleaner, yes.
I will change it.
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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk