`overlay-arrow-position' should be automatically buffer-local

no reason to ever set the global value of this variable. In any case, it should not be the default. -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel

Re: `overlay-arrow-position' should be automatically buffer-local

the paragraph that Ryan quoted from the manual and make the variable automatically become buffer-local. -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel

Re: Better default values for tooltip padding and `tooltip-hide-delay'?

or started typing, he or she is probably still reading the tooltip. If that's not right, then what am I missing? -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel

Re: Better default values for tooltip padding and `tooltip-hide-delay'?

Andreas Schwab [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Echo area messages don't hide other parts of the display, as long as they fit in one screen line. So would you advocate adding a timeout for echo area messages that don't fit in one screen line? -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Better default values for tooltip padding and `tooltip-hide-delay'?

still reading the tooltip. -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel

Re: color-grey-p and black?

Richard M. Stallman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: All the colors that fit the new clause are very close to black, so it is right to say they are gray. What about colors that are very close to white? -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs

Re: lua mode

Christian, What Richard meant was ``Is Lua mode a mode for editing programs-written-in-Lua?'' but you interpreted it as ``Is Lua mode a mode-for-editing-programs written in Lua?'' Good one. :-) -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: autogen.sh question

'? -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel

Re: Screen real estate utiliziation

results. If you could do it in a few months, that would be fine for installing it after Emasc 22. -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel

Screen real estate utiliziation

, but I'm not sufficiently familiar with the code so I have to give up. I'd appreciate it if someone who knows this code better could evaluate the difficulty of fixing the problem. Please let me know if any part of the problem is unclear. Best regards, -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: link appearance and soft face properties

. The former is more portable than the latter. But the latter is directly usable, while the former is mostly only used when editing the work. -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ``so really, we all have to ask ourselves: am i waiting for rms to do this?'' --- Thien-Thi Nguyen

Re: mouse-1-click-follows-link

-1 is extremely customizable now via mouse-1-click-follows-links, but the hot-zone extent is not customizable at all, without rewriting the grep/compile code. Would it be enough if every such mode had a local setting for this? -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: mouse-1-click-follows-link

the familiar mouse-1 to follow it? The same holds (probably even more so) for buttons: the concept of clicking mouse-1 to activate a button is so basic to GUI usage that deviating from the standard is like having an elevator with buttons that you need to lick to activate. -- Daniel Brockman

Re: [PATCH] Switching from (ido-mode 'both) to (ido-mode 'buffer) doesn't work

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kim F. Storm) writes: I think the following patch is better -- can you pls. test it? Okay, that works great too. -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman

Re: argument names for define-obsolete-*-alias

I just thought I'd chip in and say that I fully agree with Juanma; the current names are really confusing. I think almost any other pair of symbols would be an improvement. -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ``Why fix an old bug if you can write three new ones in the same time

Re: #ifdefs not properly faced in printouts

Sorry, I just have to ask. Is your name really Mats Emacs? -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel

Re: A few issues with thumbs.el

URNs = URIs? -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel

Re: A few issues with thumbs.el

specifically requests that it do. I don't think that feature is absolutely necessary, so I'd say you can leave it out if you want. But you should probably read those files if the `.thumblocal' directory is already there, as described by the specification. -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ``Why

Re: mouse-1-click-follows-link

option may also make sense for people whose system makes it hard to generate a mouse-2 event. I believe this includes most PC systems (correct me if I'm wrong). -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: iswitchb and regexps.]

(concat (if (and ( (length (car comps)) -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: iswitchb and regexps.]

I just noticed that Matt Hodges already installed a fix for this. -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel

Re: [PATCH] Switching from (ido-mode 'both) to (ido-mode 'buffer) doesn't work

))) ! (setq minor-mode-map-alist (assq-delete-all 'ido-mode minor-mode-map-alist)) ! (add-to-list 'minor-mode-map-alist ido-minor-mode-map-entry) (let ((map (cdr ido-minor-mode-map-entry))) (when (memq ido-mode '(file both)) -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [PATCH] Switching from (ido-mode 'both) to (ido-mode 'buffer) doesn't work

Sorry, I forgot the ChangeLog entry. 2005-06-14 Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ido.el (ido-mode): Rebuild ido-minor-mode-map-entry each time ido-mode is called with a non-nil argument. -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED

defcustoms for `line-spacing' and `indicate-buffer-boundaries'

(choice (const :tag off nil) number) 21.1) + (line-spacing display (choice (const :tag none nil) integer)) ;; callint.c (mark-even-if-inactive editing-basics boolean) ;; callproc.c -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ``Why fix an old bug if you can

Re: defcustoms for `line-spacing' and `indicate-buffer-boundaries'

, but I don't know how to go about doing it. -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel

Re: mouse-1-click-follows-link

that isn't very useful. -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ``Why fix an old bug if you can write three new ones in the same time?'' --- David Kastrup ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs

Re: mouse-1-click-follows-link

-1, people will conclude that Emacs does not support clickable links. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I really think the current default is the most useful and reasonable, _especially_ to newcomers, but also to lots of experienced people (myself included). -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL

Re: bootstap on win32 fails

will be checked into CVS soon. -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel

Re: non-break-space in tutorial

highlighting as least annoying as possible. I read that as a typo for ``at least as annoying as possible.'' :-) But now that I think about it, ``as little annoying as possible'' sounds slightly awkward too. What is the correct way to say it? -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL

Re: regexp font-lock highlighting

has. :-) -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel

Eshell output goes to buffers called `nil' and `t'

the `t' buffer in one window and the `*eshell*' buffer in another, but it's not very convenient. :-) Because this bug is so crippling, I suspect that it might be a problem specific to my system; please let me know if you have any suggestions on how to diagnose the problem. -- Daniel Brockman

[PATCH] Switching from (ido-mode 'both) to (ido-mode 'buffer) doesn't work

-alist ido-minor-mode-map-entry) (let ((map (cdr ido-minor-mode-map-entry))) (when (memq ido-mode '(file both)) -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs

Re: Changes to emacs/lisp/emulation/viper-cmd.el

the copyright notice in one line by randomly dropping the first half of years is not a scalable solution. :-) -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel

Re: ido, Ibuffer, and dropping into Dired

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kim F. Storm) writes: Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Not really sure whether this is a bug or a strange feature, but here's how to reproduce it: 1. Enable `ido-mode' and `ido-everywhere' via customize. 2. Type C-x C-f and verify that C-d drops you into dired

make-mode.el syntax highlighting bug

The last line is erroneously fontified with `makefile-targets-face': install: all @install things @echo 'The following files were installed:' -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org

ido, Ibuffer, and dropping into Dired

-enter-dired)) to bind C-d to 'ignore. That line certainly looks like it knows what it's doing, but I still think this is a bug. I've been annoyed by the current behavior several times. -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list

`format-spec' fails to pass on text properties

))) Is this a bug that should be fixed? -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel

Re: `format-spec' fails to pass on text properties

))) ! ;; Delete the percent sign. ! (delete-region (1- (match-beginning 0)) (match-beginning 0) ;; Signal an error on bogus format strings. (t (error Invalid format string -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs

Re: `format-spec' fails to pass on text properties

I'm sorry, ignore this message. I just want to see if it gets through Gmane. ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel

Re: font-lock-comment-delimiter-face

until after the release. -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel

Re: Unclear in etc/NEWS

is accidentially yanked into the buffer when scrolling with the mouse wheel. To prevent that, this variable can be set to the event sent when clicking on the mouse wheel button. mouse-wheel-inhibit-click-time's value is 0.35 Time in seconds to inhibit clicking on mouse wheel button after scroll. -- Daniel

[PATCH] ibuffer.el cannot deal with (consp dired-directory)

M-: (dired '(/ /bin/sh)) RET M-x ibuffer RET BANG. I can only think of the following obvious fix. 2005-05-09 Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ibuffer.el (define-ibuffer-column filename): If `dired-directory' is a list, use its car. *** ibuffer.el 09 Feb 2005 16:50:42

Re: sh-here-document-word should be customizable

when you are trying to use the syntax (as implemented by bash). I think it should be possible to turn the feature off. -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs

Re: Mac: modifier key remapping revised [patch]

sensible to me. [snip] The attached patch implements this behavior, it applies against today's catch (of macterm.c). Maybe try formatting your code according to the GNU coding standards, and then resend your patch as a context diff. That might make more people consider it. -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL

[patch] Very minor issue with CUA mode

cached so that changing it in the Lisp file doesn't work. -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel

Bind `l' to `help-go-back'?

-mode-map \C-c\C-b 'help-go-back) + (define-key help-mode-map l 'help-go-back) (define-key help-mode-map \C-c\C-c 'help-follow) ;; Documentation only, since we use minor-mode-overriding-map-alist. (define-key help-mode-map \r 'help-follow) -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Should killing a help or compile buffer also delete the window?

David Reitter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Daniel Brockman daniel at brockman.se writes: I just thought I'd point out that substituting `at' for `@' in the body of a message is counter-effective against harvesting, since this makes the address slip through [1,2] the filter for the archive web

Re: Should killing a help or compile buffer also delete the window?

, if `one-window-p'). Yes, I completely agree. Thanks for clarifying. -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel

Should killing a help or compile buffer also delete the window?

should take the hint and get the window out of the user's face. I'm sorry if this is an old argument, or if this is not the right time to discuss this matter. -- Daniel Brockman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [1] http://www.myrkr.in-berlin.de/dictionary