GNU bug report logs - #1355
suggestion on the modeline

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: xah lee <xah <at> xahlee.org>

Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:20:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: "Juanma Barranquero" <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: "Alan Mackenzie" <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: 1355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#1355: suggestion on the modeline
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:42:09 +0100

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 04:47, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:

>> A better calculation would be a / (a + b), the degree of "travel" of the
>> windown through the buffer.  This approaches 100% as the window reaches
>> the bottom of the buffer.
>
> I'd tend to agree, tho I don't have any strong feeling about it.

I like the effect much more than the original, but it contradicts the
"above" bit of the documentation:

  %p -- print percent of buffer above top of window, or Top, Bot or All.

Also, the same change should be done to %P, shouldn't it?

  Juanma
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