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23.0.60; Emacs manual, node Mode Line

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 23.0.60; Emacs manual, node Mode Line
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:01:41 -0800

This node deserves more and more careful explanation. The text seems
overly difficult and unclear.
 
It describes the constituents of this template:
 
     -CS:CH-FR  BUF      POS LINE   (MAJOR MINOR)------
 
However, some of the unnamed elements of this template are just as
variable as the elements that are named. The descriptions then become
a labyrinth of if-then-else anecdotes. The `:', for instance, is
referred to as "the character after CS', and it is explained that it
is sometimes `:', sometimes `\', sometimes `/', and sometimes
`(Unix)'. That's at least as variable as CS or CH - might as well give
it a name too.
 
Some of the language used is incorrect: "Letters represent various
nontrivial "coding systems"--for example, `1' represents ISO Latin-1."
But `1' is not a letter.

 
In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2008-12-30 on LENNART-69DE564
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
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Message #12 received at 1749 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 1749 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.60; Emacs manual, node Mode Line
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:41:40 +0200

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> This node deserves more and more careful explanation. The text seems
> overly difficult and unclear.
>
> It describes the constituents of this template:
>
>      -CS:CH-FR  BUF      POS LINE   (MAJOR MINOR)------
>
> However, some of the unnamed elements of this template are just as
> variable as the elements that are named. The descriptions then become
> a labyrinth of if-then-else anecdotes. The `:', for instance, is
> referred to as "the character after CS', and it is explained that it
> is sometimes `:', sometimes `\', sometimes `/', and sometimes
> `(Unix)'. That's at least as variable as CS or CH - might as well give
> it a name too.

I think it's visually more apparent what we're talking about if we leave
the colon as a colon, so I think I'll leave that as it is.

> Some of the language used is incorrect: "Letters represent various
> nontrivial "coding systems"--for example, `1' represents ISO Latin-1."
> But `1' is not a letter.

I've fixed that one.

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