Re: [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r103444: * lisp/facemenu.el (list-colors-display): Use with-help-window (Bug#8048).

[Chong Yidong]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> But for one minor detail.  `list-colors-print' produces output of the
>> form
>>
>> ghost white         ghost white, GhostWhite               #f8f8ff
>>
>> where the number of color aliases listed in the middle is currently
>> adjusted according to the actual window width.
>
> Couldn't you try adding more aliases until the gap between the color
> name on the left and the first alias in the middle is small enough?
> You could use current-column to measure the gap.  Would that work?

Are you referring to checking current-column using Lisp code in the
display spec?  (Remember, we don't know what's the limiting column when
generating the buffer; we only find out at redisplay time.)  I don't
think it's a good idea to make the color names anything but ordinary
text.  I would just discard the "fitting aliases" feature, if it's too
much work to implement properly (it's new to the trunk anyway).