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RE: patch for Dired second header line info
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: patch for Dired second header line info |
Date: |
Tue, 4 Mar 2008 11:44:19 -0800 |
> The tooltip also helps:
>
> "Files shown, total files in dir, Kbytes used in dir,
> Kbytes available on disk [RET, mouse-2: more info]"
>
> Each number should have its own tooltip which explains that number
> and not the others.
Sorry; I don't agree. The meanings of the numbers are related (similar), at
least in pairs. Four separate tooltips would be more an annoyance than a
help, because the similarities and differences can't be grasped without a
silly back-and-forth:
420: Number of files and subdirectories currently shown in directory
694: Number of files and subdirectories in directory, including hidden ones
19646: Kbytes used in directory
56456000: Kbytes available (free) on disk
To understand 420 or 694, for instance, you would need to go back and forth
between their tooltips, trying to remember what the non-displayed tooltip
said while reading the displayed one, and comparing them mentally, in order
to grasp the difference.
Two tooltips, for the two pairs, might be reasonable, however.
In any case, change it however you like.
- RE: patch for Dired second header line info, (continued)
- RE: patch for Dired second header line info, Drew Adams, 2008/03/02
- RE: patch for Dired second header line info, Drew Adams, 2008/03/02
- Re: patch for Dired second header line info, Juri Linkov, 2008/03/02
- RE: patch for Dired second header line info, Drew Adams, 2008/03/02
- RE: patch for Dired second header line info, Drew Adams, 2008/03/02
- RE: patch for Dired second header line info, Drew Adams, 2008/03/02
- Re: patch for Dired second header line info, Richard Stallman, 2008/03/03
- Re: patch for Dired second header line info, Stefan Monnier, 2008/03/03
- RE: patch for Dired second header line info, Drew Adams, 2008/03/03
- Re: patch for Dired second header line info, Richard Stallman, 2008/03/04
- RE: patch for Dired second header line info,
Drew Adams <=
- RE: patch for Dired second header line info, Drew Adams, 2008/03/04
- Re: patch for Dired second header line info, Richard Stallman, 2008/03/05
- Re: patch for Dired second header line info, Richard Stallman, 2008/03/03
- RE: patch for Dired second header line info, Drew Adams, 2008/03/03
- Re: patch for Dired second header line info, Juri Linkov, 2008/03/02