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25.1; C-x = for Unicode

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From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Ulrich Windl <Ulrich.Windl <at> rz.uni-regensburg.de>, 24902 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24902: 25.1; C-x = for Unicode
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 19:00:21 +0100

25 jan. 2022 kl. 17.41 skrev Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>:

> I remember there was a very large amount of back-and-forth about the
> exact output that would be enabled by `what-cursor-show-names', as
> people were very sensitive to the exact information presented. Yet
> here you've essentially flipped it to t for everybody, which will
> inevitably result in complaints.

It's a rather separate discussion. (Those most attached to the old appearance are long-time users who know very well how to customise it, and it's good if new users get the better design by default.) Let's focus on the new design right now.

> I think the new format can be improved, as to my eyes itʼs lacking in
> visual separators between the fields

I thought the all-caps Unicode character name did offset it rather well against what followed, but perhaps adding a comma immediately after the name, as in

U+003B SEMICOLON, pt=72/145 col=0

would help?

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