GNU bug report logs - #27847
26.0.50; mode-line-percent-position: line-based instead of char-based (optionally)

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Message #17 received at 27847 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alexis <flexibeast <at> gmail.com>
To: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 27847 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27847: 26.0.50;
 mode-line-percent-position: line-based instead of char-based
 (optionally)
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 12:44:12 +1000

Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com> writes:

>>> I'd prefer this (those) percentage(s) to be based on the 
>>> number of
>>> _lines_ instead
>>
>> What do you want to be displayed in that case when line numbers 
>> are
>> not counted and displayed as "???" ?  Do you want Emacs to 
>> count lines
>> even though the limits which control that are exceeded?
>
> In cases where line numbers are not counted (I didn't know about 
> such
> cases, BTW), I guess Emacs could display "??" as the percentage,
> meaning that the value is unknown at that moment.
>
>> Also note that for your feature to be implemented, Emacs needs 
>> to
>> count lines in the entire buffer each time the buffer is 
>> changed, so I
>> expect this feature to slow down redisplay.
>
> Maybe this computation could be optimized somehow.  In any case, 
> if
> someone implements it and the slow down is observable, it could 
> be
> advertised in the manual and/or the docstring of the variable 
> which
> enables this feature.

As a data point, i have this as part of my `mode-line-format` 
setup:

   '(:eval
     (let ((buffer-line-count (count-lines (point-min) 
     (point-max))))
       (number-to-string
        (round
         (* 100 (/
                 (float (count-lines 1 (point)))
                 (if (equal 0 buffer-line-count)
                     1
                   buffer-line-count)))))))
   "%%"

which gives me at least a rough percentage (i.e. 'good enough' for 
my
needs), and i've not noticed any slowdown as a result.


Alexis.

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