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bug#45917: [PATCH] Use big brackets in Calc in big mode
From: |
Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#45917: [PATCH] Use big brackets in Calc in big mode |
Date: |
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 16:45:01 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Mattias Engdegård <mattiase@acm.org> writes:
> 19 jan. 2021 kl. 06.37 skrev Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>:
>
>> ... would it be possible to have a fallback if the display doesn't
>> support these characters?
>
> Yes, all Unicode characters are checked using char-displayable-p in
> the patch.
Duh. I skimmed the patch, but I missed that bit...
> However, some characters may be technically displayable but
> not very pretty, or have awkward metrics.
>
> That said, the brackets look fine where I've tested them so it's
> probably not a serious concern.
Yup.
>> Yeah. Or there could be a variable to allow the user to not use these
>> fancy brackets if this is important for them?
>
> Maybe, but Calc already has rather too many variables and should we
> have separate variables for all non-ASCII features then, like the
> square root sign?
Possibly? But I see you've just pushed a fix for parsing the root
sign. :-)
> We are just speculating here. I'd hoped for concrete cheerful evidence
> like 'looks terrible on my terminal', 'completely destroys
> embedded-mode for me'...
I'm guessing you won't get feedback like that until you push this
change. :-)
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