Re: Number of selected characters.

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:33 PM, Guillaume Lelarge
> <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info> wrote:
>> Le 04/01/2011 17:34, Dave Page a écrit :
>>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Guillaume Lelarge
>>> <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info> wrote:
>>>> Le 04/01/2011 16:27, Dave Page a écrit :
>>>>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Guillaume Lelarge
>>>>> <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info> wrote:
>>>>>> Ch is not obvious either. But, what about Sel?
>>>>>
>>>>> It is obvious when it changes to a new value every time you move the
>>>>> cursor. Sl (or Sel) isn't - you don't see it change in normal
>>>>> operation.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We could hide it when there is no selection.
>>>
>>> It it had it's own panel, was empty when there was no selection, and
>>> had a slightly more descriptive text ("N chars"?), I could probably
>>> live with it.
>>>
>>
>> Done. Patch and screenshots attached.
>>
>> Does it look like what you intended?
>
> Much better - though I still think it should say:
>
> 33 chars
>
> not
>
> sel 33
>
> which is pretty cryptic.

Oh, and thanks for taking the time to do this - it is appreciated.

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