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Article #99056Amount of file beyond bottom of window
From: Michael Ernst
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 1990 05:05
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 1990 05:05
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Often one would like to know how much of a file is below the bottom of the screen as well (as well as what percent is above the top, which is easy to display in the mode line). For one thing, this is a good indicator of how large the file is, particularly when the top or bottom is currently being displayed. It also tells how close to the end of the file one is; this is especially hard to guess if the size of the file isn't known. I also don't know how to tell how much of the file is above the top of the window when the bottom of the file is being displayed. Thus, I'd like to propose a new %-operator, %P, for the mode line. It returns the percent of the file beyond the window. %p would no longer return "Bottom". I don't particularly care whether, when the entire file is displayed, %p returns "Top" or "All". Or is there another way to do what I want? -Michael Ernst mernst@theory.lcs.mit.edu
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb2f1,3f7097830d0009f,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfb2f1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-12-04 21:05:25 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!THEORY.LCS.MIT.EDU!mernst From: mernst@THEORY.LCS.MIT.EDU (Michael Ernst) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Subject: Amount of file beyond bottom of window Message-ID: <MERNST.90Dec5000525@emu.lcs.mit.edu> Date: 5 Dec 90 05:05:25 GMT Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: MIT Lab for Computer Science Lines: 20 Approved: bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu Posted: Wed Dec 5 06:05:25 1990