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Confusing naming of fringe i C-code
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Kim F. Storm |
Subject: |
Confusing naming of fringe i C-code |
Date: |
13 Nov 2001 00:19:23 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 |
I'm preparing to add customization of the fringe bitmaps, so I'm studying
the code related to the fringe.... Very confusing!
So far, I've come across several different names for the fringes:
`fringe' is primarily used on user visible symbols,
`bitmap' is used without explicit reference to the fringe, e.g. bitmap_type,
x_draw_bitmap, ...
This isn't wrong, but it would be clearer to use fringe_bitmap_type,
x_draw_fringe_bitmap, etc.
`bitmap area' is used in several comments, as well as in BITMAP_AREA_FACE_ID (=
fringe face)
`flags area' seems to be the favourite term throughout the code, e.g.
FRAME_FLAGS_AREA_WIDTH, FRAME_X_RIGHT_FLAGS_AREA_WIDTH, flags_areas_extra, ...
And then there are the mixed forms FRAME_FLAGS_BITMAP_WIDTH and
FRAME_FLAGS_BITMAP_HEIGHT.
Now that 21.1 is out, this would probably be a good time to clean this up.
--
Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk
- Confusing naming of fringe i C-code,
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