Re: [PATCH] Flymake Support Indicator Errors in Margin

[Elijah G <eg642616@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Mar 17, 2024 at 12:43 PM bird <sbaugh@catern.com> wrote:
>
> Elijah G <eg642616@gmail.com> writes:
> > On Sun, Mar 17, 2024 at 10:44 AM bird <sbaugh@catern.com> wrote:
> >> Elijah, could you say more about your setup?
> >>
> >> - You mentioned you already have a left margin configured; what is
> >>   displayed in that margin? Is it anything other than flymake/flycheck
> >>   indicators?
> >
> > Yes, it is dape-mode, in terminal dape is automatically configured for
> > display breakpoints in left-margin, however the error indicators can appear
> > next to breakpoint or even hide it if left-margin-width is less than 1.
> > This can also apply to other packages that can use margins like
> > git-gutter, et cetera.
>
> I see.  Wouldn't the margin-based indicator conflict with these
> packages, then?

I don't think so, users can increase margin width and see others
indicators in the margin, also it's the same problem with fringes
because any package can
overwrite what is displayed there, however in margin the user has the
ability to see
the rest.

> >> - Is there some reason that seeing the indicators is especially
> >>   important for you?  Does it communicate information not already
> >>   carried by the face?
> >
> > It is due that the fringes are too small in HIDPI screens, i know
> > I can change it to a bigger fringe bitmap and increase fringe width size,
> > however this is a problem when increasing and decreasing text size.
>
> Oh, so the motivation for this patch is actually for hidpi support in
> graphical frames, not support in terminal frames?

Both, supporting graphical and terminal frames.