On 9/1/06, Axel Liljencrantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/31/06, Martin Bähr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > another minor nitpick:
> >
> > the pager shows the percentage of the first line, which is always 0%
> > more useful would be to show how far the last line is because it makes a
> > big difference if you are seeing the first 23 from 25 lines, which is
> > 90% of the whole output, or the first 23 from 230 lines, which would be
> > 10%. currently you get 0% for both, which is not very informative...
>
> Good idea. Will fix.

I implemented this and I can't say the new mode is a new improvement.
As you point out, startin at 0% means you don't know how many more
completions there are. But if the position indicator has a minimum
that is above 0%, then when scrolling back up a completion list, you
have no idea how near the top you are. The problem is the same only in
a different place.

There is a lot of room on the last line of the completion pager, one
could do more than give a single number. The main problem I see with
that is how to make this intuitive. For example, showing two different
percentages would mean noting. There are two main possibilities I see.

1). 'Graphical' progress meter

If you are displaying completions 0-100 out ouf 400 it could look like this:

#####____________

and when displaying completions 50-100 out of 400, it would look like this


__##____________

2). Pages

Tell the user rougly what 'page' of output the are seeing. If you are
displaying completions 0-100 out ouf 400 it could look like this:

page 1 of 4

and when displaying completions 50-100 out of 400, it would look like this

page 2 of 8


Opinions?

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