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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2018-03-07 10:53:16 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2018-03-07 11:22:42 +0100
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ui: 'display-hint' preserves Texinfo formatting.
The previous method would mess up with @example formatting, for instance. * guix/ui.scm (display-hint): Parameterize '%text-width' instead of using 'fill-paragraph'.
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@@ -299,8 +299,10 @@ VARIABLE and return it, or #f if none was found."
"Display MESSAGE, a l10n message possibly containing Texinfo markup, to
PORT."
(format port (G_ "hint: ~a~%")
- (fill-paragraph (texi->plain-text message)
- (terminal-columns) 8)))
+ ;; XXX: We should arrange so that the initial indent is wider.
+ (parameterize ((%text-width (max 15
+ (- (terminal-columns) 5))))
+ (texi->plain-text message))))
(define* (report-load-error file args #:optional frame)
"Report the failure to load FILE, a user-provided Scheme file.