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[PATCH] Pretiffy package-menu

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From: Elijah Gabe Pérez <eg642616 <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 78794 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, philipk <at> posteo.net
Subject: bug#78794: [PATCH] Pretiffy package-menu
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 19:31:57 -0600

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Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Elijah Gabe Pérez <eg642616 <at> gmail.com>
>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  78794 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 13:52:32 -0600
>> 
>> Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net> writes:
>> 
>> >>> +(defcustom package-menu-marks-indicators
>> >>> +  '((install . "I")
>> >>> +    (delete . "D"))
>> >>> +  "Alist indicators to indicate a package is marked to install or delete.
>> >>> +The value of each list must be in the formt: '(KIND . MARK) where KIND
>> >>> +is the kind mark performed (`install' or `delete') in package-menu and
>> >>> +MARK a string to use for mark the packages.  This currently support
>> >>> +marks for install and delete."
>> >
>> > What is the reason we would want to customise this in the first place?
>> 
>> IMO, the I and D characters looks somewhat ugly to me, making them
>> customizable allows to change them to an Unicode/Emoji icon (or any
>> other character), making them more recognizable according to the user's
>> preferences (e.g. 🗑️/♻️ and ✅).
>
> I hear you, but AFAIR we don't provide such customizations in any
> other clients of tabulated-list-mode, so why do it here?

Fine, then I've removed the option/feature here, to avoid making this
thread longer.

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