Subject: Re: bug#6755: 24.0.50; Customize buffer is too wide. Put doc string on separate line.

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:36:38 +0200

"Drew Adams" <[email-masked]> writes:

>> Starting with a newline didn't look very nice.  Most of the option
>> values are short, and moving them away from the button made the
>> interface less understandable.
>> 
>> I think the right solution is to output the string where it 
>> is now, but to fill it if it's too long.
>
> Why not just start it on a new line if it would wrap?

That would work, too, but not be as nice-looking, and would be as
difficult (or easy) to implement as filling it where it is.

In either case, it's beyond me.  Somebody else who understands the
widget machinery will have to handle this.

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