From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/67111 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: variable-pitch font in article buffer Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:59:51 -0500 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Message-ID: <86od5ek7js.fsf@lifelogs.com> References: <86abh1uyjz.fsf@lifelogs.com> <873amt1c64.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1215118623 27326 80.91.229.12 (3 Jul 2008 20:57:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:57:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: ding-owner+M15575@lists.math.uh.edu Thu Jul 03 22:57:49 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KEVsA-0001HI-Uo for ding-account@gmane.org; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:57:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KEVqk-0002Am-D9; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:56:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KEVqj-0002Aa-6f for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:56:17 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1KEVqd-0003jI-4M for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:56:17 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.blockstar.com ([170.224.69.95]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1KEVqw-0007fd-00 for ; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:56:30 +0200 Original-Received: from tzlatanov-ubuntu-desktop.jumptrading.com (unknown [38.98.147.130]) by mail.blockstar.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B64445869C; Thu, 3 Jul 2008 13:55:43 -0700 (PDT) X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6;d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" X-Hashcash: 1:20:080703:miles@gnu.org::2cUs17K2uRyUxVVH:000038lF X-Hashcash: 1:20:080703:ding@gnus.org::9UkLj33HVfrvhhos:00005UHv In-Reply-To: <873amt1c64.fsf@catnip.gol.com> (Miles Bader's message of "Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:18:11 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:67111 Archived-At: On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:18:11 +0900 Miles Bader wrote: MB> Ted Zlatanov writes: MB> However some articles really need a fixed-pitch font, thus the MB> easy-to-hit summary-buffer binding to toggle variable-pitch mode in the MB> article buffer. >> >> This might make sense as a group/topic property that's also triggered by >> article contents, etc. How do you use it, always manually? MB> I just toggle it "manually" (my hook turns it on by default). MB> Variable-pitch seems to work well (and is generally more readable) for MB> about 99% of articles; I rarely turn it off even in technical groups MB> where people post patches and code etc. MB> [Even ascii art tables are a bit of a wash these days since half the MB> time the author apparent sent it using a MUA using a variable-width MB> font, and aligned things accordingly!!] So maybe a keymap would be appropriate so users can toggle it back, plus a variable called gnus-article-variable-pitch-mode that defaults to nil and, when enabled, turns v-p-m on. I wouldn't use it personally, I like the fixed width spacing better, but I imagine a lot of user would appreciate it. It also looks jarringly inconsistent with the thread display IMO. Opinions, anyone? Ted