At 16:30 97/08/18, Christian Sievers wrote:
>Hans Aberg suggested
>
>TOGGLES: groups begin with +/- to turn options on/off resp. (Last = default.)
>s Print no. reductions/cells after eval off
>t Print type after evaluation off
>f Terminate evaluation on first error on
>
>which I find much better. However, it's all about current settings, not
>defaults. (And I don't want the heading line to become so long.)
>
>So I now suggest
>
>TOGGLES: groups begin with +/- to turn options on/off resp.
>s Print no. reductions/cells after eval is now off
>t Print type after evaluation is now off
>f Terminate evaluation on first error is now on
In general, I think it is not good displaying information that is the
same as for all lines, likw "is now", because it is tiresome to read. So I
think you should still only have on/off or something here, nad find some
other means to shorten the headre line, perhaps
TOGGLES: Starts with +/-, to turn on/off. (Last = current.)
s Print no. reductions/cells after eval off
t Print type after evaluation off
f Terminate evaluation on first error on
or add an additional line
TOGGLES: groups begin with +/- to turn options on/off resp.
current default
s Print no. reductions/cells after eval off off
t Print type after evaluation off on
f Terminate evaluation on first error on off
or a combination, with a help message for more info about the command
For more info about a group of commands, say TOGGLES,
type ":? group:TOGGLES".
...
... Other groups
...
TOGGLES: Starts with +/-. current default
s Print no. reductions/cells after eval off off
t Print type after evaluation off on
f Terminate evaluation on first error on off
since people probably remember what +/- does, if they used it once.
Hans Aberg
