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Re: Make mode-line number display consistent when both line and col numb


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: Make mode-line number display consistent when both line and col numbers are shown.
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:31:16 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.50 (gnu/linux)

> I customize my modeline to display them as nnn:nn.

I don't use column-number-mode, but FWIW, I used to use it and at that
time I used LLL:CCC indeed, like you.  I used ":" because I liked the
similarity with the notation used in GNU-standard compilation
error messages.

I never found it confusing, because when I see 1230:34, I already know
that I'm not in column 1230.

I give this just as a data point; there's no implied intention to argue
in favor of any particular choice.  E.g. I can see reasons to avoid
LLL:CCC because in some situations it might look confusingly like the
HH:MM used in display-time-mode.

IIRC the change to (LL,CC) is fairly recent and it was associated with
some discussion, so maybe it's worth digging back the corresponding
thread(s) to see what were the arguments back then.


        Stefan




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