GNU bug report logs - #78843
Various vtable bug fixes and enhancements

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Message #62 received at 78843 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
To: Stéphane Marks <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
Cc: krisbalintona <at> gmail.com, 78843 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, adam <at> alphapapa.net,
 larsi <at> gnus.org, arstoffel <at> gmail.com, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#78843: Various vtable bug fixes and enhancements
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:27:04 -0400

Stéphane Marks <shipmints <at> gmail.com> writes:
> In the meantime, be a mensch, and try it out to see if it addresses your immediate issue and provide constructive feedback.  The
> set of bugs I fixed and the new features added were informed by other menschen.  I've always considered your ideas and input
> well.
>
> Here are the latest two files for ease of testing.  vtable.el, in its current form, is compatible with Emacs 31 unless and until
> `string-pixel-width` is updated in compat.  I doubt Eli will want this in Emacs 30 but it could be published on ELPA if there is
> demand?

A few issues using the vtable.el you attached:

- Clicking on header lines no longer changes sorting.

- Columns where I specify :displayer now seem to have extra empty
  padding added to the end of them.  I think this may be the result of
  vtable--insert-line passing clipped-value-width (which has space for
  the ellipsis removed) to the displayer function rather than passing
  column-width as it used to.

I do like that the header line is exactly properly aligned with columns
now, both in graphical and terminal Emacs.  I wish you would please make
smaller patches for your individual improvements so that we could have
them without these bugs...

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