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bug#44068: 28.0.50; Faulty uses of tabulated-list-format
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Stephen Berman |
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bug#44068: 28.0.50; Faulty uses of tabulated-list-format |
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Wed, 04 Nov 2020 23:55:12 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
On Wed, 04 Nov 2020 17:09:30 +0200 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>> From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>
>> Cc: stefankangas@gmail.com, 44068@debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2020 00:12:31 +0100
>>
>> > Can you describe the result? I don't think I have a clear idea what
>> > it will be.
>>
>> There are two features the patch provides:
>>
>> - All sortable columns in tabulated-list-mode derivatives that are wide
>> enough to display a sort indicator when selected do so (sortable
>> columns that are not wide enough include e.g. the first three in the
>> Buffer-menu-mode table). In contrast, currently, i.e. without the
>> patch, all final sortable columns and some non-final ones that are
>> wide enough do not display the sort indicator when selected.
>>
>> - When a column (whether selected or not) is made narrower (by
>> repeatedly typing `{') than the length of the column label in the
>> header line, the label is truncated and displays a trailing ellipis,
>> just like the data lines of such columns in the table (if such a
>> narrowed column is sortable and selected, the the sort indicator is
>> still displayed after the ellipis). In contrast, currently, the
>> column labels are not truncated, which can lead to misalignment
>> between the header line and the data lines. (However, even with the
>> patch, misalignment can happen, because the data lines can be
>> truncated to display nothing but the ellipis, while the header line
>> labels always show at least the first letter of the label. I think
>> the display of the data lines here is questionable, but dealing with
>> that is another issue.)
>
> Sound like good improvements, thanks.
Thanks, I've pushed it to master in commit 233d350d19.
Steve Berman
bug#44068: 28.0.50; Faulty uses of tabulated-list-format, Stefan Kangas, 2020/11/04