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([2001:8a0:fac3:6d00:5314:95f5:d044:767a]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-453823ad0f3sm15340045e9.19.2025.06.25.03.05.40 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 25 Jun 2025 03:05:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <9621fa1e-76bb-42ca-bcb7-bb8f0560a89d@palves.net> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:05:35 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Allow check-mark to be changed for CLI To: Tom Tromey Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org References: <20250509-emoji-check-mark-v1-0-63b6c52411f3@adacore.com> <20250509-emoji-check-mark-v1-2-63b6c52411f3@adacore.com> <4045933d-2307-4c87-9fe8-5c941478510c@palves.net> <87tt45xeik.fsf@tromey.com> From: Pedro Alves Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <87tt45xeik.fsf@tromey.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: gdb-patches@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.30 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb-patches mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: gdb-patches-bounces~public-inbox=simark.ca@sourceware.org On 2025-06-24 17:58, Tom Tromey wrote: > Pedro> To indicate the selected entry from a list, I think a right > Pedro> arrow, or "👉" (Backhand Index Pointing Right, U+1F449) would > Pedro> make a lot more sense. > > I tried that one just now and at least on my terminal it is wider. > See the attached screenshot. > > Now, we could make "current" take 2 columns. That might be enough to > solve this in general. But then a bit of space is wasted in the ASCII / > narrow case. Column widths don't have to be hardcoded. For example, we compute the width of the "Target Id" column dynamically. See target_id_col_width in print_thread_info_1. So maybe all we need is to base the "current" column's width depend on the wcwidth of the character used. Even if we end up with a narrower character by default, the user can always configure their style to use a wider one, so it seems to me like we should do that regardless. I'm undecided myself between backhand and Right Arrow (➡️) or one of the latter's variants. I like backhand and I think its use is quite widespread for this. OTOH, an arrow might look a bit more "professional". Not sure, I've not really tried it any of this. Pedro Alves