GNU bug report logs - #41905
Small change: In Customize, display name with with spaces, but keep symbol name underneath.

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 41905 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com>, ej32u <at> protonmail.com
Subject: bug#41905: Small change: In Customize, display name with with spaces, but keep symbol name underneath.
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2020 22:52:55 +0200

Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> writes:

> Actually, you are right - destructive construction of strings is simpler:
>
> (let* ((name (symbol-name 'fill-column))
>        (text (replace-regexp-in-string
>               "\\b[a-z]"
>               (lambda (c) (propertize c 'display (upcase c)))
>               (replace-regexp-in-string
> 	       "[-:/]+"
>                (lambda (c) (propertize c 'display " "))
>                name))))
>   (insert text))

Makes sense to me.  Perhaps we should back out the fix I made here, and
add this one...  hm...  on the other hand, I think perhaps just doing
both is even better.  That is, do this to the prettified string, but
still add the 'data property.  So this would be a fix for bug#400.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.