Re: Tweaking the output of `C-h b'

[Stefan Kangas]

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> The library (icons.el) I am working on allows inserting external icons
>> into a buffer, used in the mode-line, etc.  The branch comes with a
>> curated set of externally developed and free icon sets as svg's, and
>> functions for updating said set from upstream.
>
> Does it fall back on using chars if Emacs doesn't have svg support and
> stuff?

That's the idea, yes.  Basically, application code will say
e.g. (icons-insert "fold-expanded"), and what actually happens depends
on the GUI/terminal capabilities (svg, xbm, utf-8 glyph, ascii) and user
customizations; for example, maybe the default is to use icons from the
icon set "foo", but a user prefers to use the icon set "bar" instead.
Users will even be able turn off all icons completely, if they prefer.

> There's no hurry -- please take however much time you need.

Thanks.