Re: option doc strings and Customize tags

[Lennart Borgman]

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 6:01 AM, Kevin Rodgers
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Lennart Borgman wrote:
>>
>> What I tried to say is:
>>
>> - In the initial display show all values together, but replace the
>> long values with a link.
>>
>> - This link should lead to a second display (in *Help*) where also all
>> values are shown together. Here the long values should of course be
>> shown. There should also be a short explanation what this display is
>> about (and a link back, but that is nearly automatic if the first
>> display is in *Help* too).
>
> Would it make sense to display long values in the same way as evaluation
> results in the *scratch* buffer? i.e. with text properties that allow
> the user to toggle between the abbreviated value and the complete value.

To me it looks like a good idea.