GNU bug report logs - #64533
[PATCH] Support displaying function name in the header line

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Message #40 received at 64533-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: sbaugh <at> catern.com
Cc: sbaugh <at> janestreet.com, schwab <at> linux-m68k.org, 64533-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64533: [PATCH] Support displaying function name in the header
 line
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2023 11:02:50 +0300

> From: sbaugh <at> catern.com
> Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2023 17:26:09 +0000 (UTC)
> Cc: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>, schwab <at> linux-m68k.org,
> 	64533 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> +This should be a list of symbols.  If it contains 'mode, display
> >> +in the mode line.  If it contains 'header, display in the header
> >> +line."
> >
> > Which leaves it to the user to deduce that '(mode header) means both:
> > yet another reason not to prefer this kind of values in user options.
> >
> > It also doesn't tell how to disable this display: another riddle left
> > to the user to solve.
> >
> > Let's always remember that Emacs users are not necessarily experienced
> > Lispers.  User options should not be "tricky", especially where such
> > trickery is unjustified.  And the doc strings should not pose riddles,
> > however logical they seem to us.
> >
> > Thanks.
> 
> Fair point.  Back to the single symbol.

Thanks, installed on master, and closing the bug.

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