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[PATCH] ibuffer: Display column titles in header line
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Add new option value `title' to the customization option
`ibuffer-use-header-line'. For this value show the column titles in the
Ibuffer header line.
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> From: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>
> Cc: 75497 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 11:34:01 +0100
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
> >> Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 13:36:19 +0100
> >> From: Daniel Mendler via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
> >> the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> >>
> >> Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de> writes:
> >>
> >> > Add new option value `title' to the customization option
> >> > `ibuffer-use-header-line'. For this value show the column titles in the
> >> > Ibuffer header line.
> >>
> >> I have attached an improved version of the patch to this mail. I have
> >> added an "@" interactive spec to the sort commands, such that clicking
> >> on the header line works when the Ibuffer window is not selected.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >> (defcustom ibuffer-use-header-line t
> >> - "If non-nil, display a header line containing current filters."
> >> - :type 'boolean)
> >> + "If non-nil, display a header line.
> >> +If the variable has the value t, the header line displays the current
> >
> > "Variable has value" sounds weird. I suggest "If the variable's value
> > is t, ..." instead.
> >
> >> +filters. For the value `title', the column titles are displayed."
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Passive tense alert!
> >> + (pcase-let ((`(,sym ,min ,_max ,align) element))
> >> + ;; Ignore a negative min when we're inserting the title
> >
> > Please end this comment with a period, to make it a complete sentence.
> >
> > Also, this comment explains what the code does, but not why (yes, I
> > know the original code did that as well). If you know the reason,
> > please add that to the comment.
>
> Thank you. I have attached an updated patch to this mail.
Thanks, installed on master, and closing the bug.
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