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Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented.
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Juri Linkov |
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Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented. |
Date: |
Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:38:50 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
>> That is a good point. Do people think we should swap them?
>
> Please don't.
>
> When I introduced the new (L,C) format, I looked at a number of other
> text editors, and they all have line number followed by column number.
> So that is the conventional sequence.
>
> Some examples (line 123, column 45):
>
> VIM: 123,45
> Emacs 21: L123 C45
> Word: Ln 123 Col 45
> Nedit: Line 123 Col 45
I agree that there is no need to swap them. The only problem with the
(L,C) format is that it's not immediately clear where is the line number
and where is the column number. Note that other editors have a visual cue
like "Ln", "Line" and "Col" to indicate which is which.
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
- RE: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., (continued)
- RE: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., Drew Adams, 2007/06/11
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., Richard Stallman, 2007/06/11
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., David House, 2007/06/11
- RE: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., Drew Adams, 2007/06/11
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., Richard Stallman, 2007/06/08
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2007/06/08
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., Kim F. Storm, 2007/06/08
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., David House, 2007/06/08
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., Richard Stallman, 2007/06/09
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., Kim F. Storm, 2007/06/08
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented.,
Juri Linkov <=
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., Dieter Wilhelm, 2007/06/08
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., Nick Roberts, 2007/06/08
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., Stephen Berman, 2007/06/06
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., Werner LEMBERG, 2007/06/07
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., Daniel Brockman, 2007/06/10
- Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., Juri Linkov, 2007/06/10
Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., Jay Belanger, 2007/06/06
Re: display.texi: (<line>,<col>) isn't documented., Alan Mackenzie, 2007/06/08