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bug#6755: 24.0.50; Customize buffer is too wide. Put doc string on separ


From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
Subject: bug#6755: 24.0.50; Customize buffer is too wide. Put doc string on separate line.
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:24:17 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux)

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>> So now the question is how the text should be formatted.  Perhaps
>> folding it after inserting it is the right way?  Anybody know 
>> how?  :-)
>> (I mean, without breaking the widget machinery...)
>
> Not sure if this is what you are asking, but just make sure it starts
> on a new line.  That would take care of this problem and similar.
> IOW, start with a newline.

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.

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