From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?Q?Elias_M=C3=A5rtenson?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Cursor drawing Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 12:03:58 +0800 Message-ID: References: <838t0kcmpj.fsf@gnu.org> <831s6cc8zy.fsf@gnu.org> <83zht0at4d.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000d5dfb9057d805635" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1545364932 19253 195.159.176.226 (21 Dec 2018 04:02:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 04:02:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 21 05:02:07 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gaC0l-0004uR-Qm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Dec 2018 05:02:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42141 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gaC2s-0006t5-9U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 23:04:18 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41815) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gaC2m-0006t0-Ve for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 23:04:13 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gaC2l-0001mj-S3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 23:04:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-it1-x12a.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::12a]:37296) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gaC2k-0001kl-Sd; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 23:04:11 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-it1-x12a.google.com with SMTP id b5so4873145iti.2; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 20:04:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=CksNZ5TIjRiPo918tHqgivpjihb+4Sjprmj3lBaZtXg=; b=AiNVmm/n4zJ3OJ4GI4s0XCqhILYGLlnfi+4tD/PbJPTX5uwWSdY4cV4S06udhR3zj2 vrBcPxvxxBkimlGnjitZF/NVrmdCCC/+b8l6N/RsFzdTLTnkFlnTV2TiBYjpILTWkw0A LEHM3//bsKS12auNAmSyhzbCrRwmXTqUBd9ylEP+B1KZLoIifLUh/3zTOxUYrp1dLEiM BL4uD1Gu3km6LyU+j37d7xU26+YnjVtaZGaOkv9eqJ3aa2ZwMFHtmemSmhuOvPWE8Aee 6NMP45K1x1xjc61a5kY1SSqMd0BlJcpzJCFuoPPZAsYxZm8zmg5ZhnbtoR5aC1lJ6ntf mitQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=CksNZ5TIjRiPo918tHqgivpjihb+4Sjprmj3lBaZtXg=; b=XIcWplh3yWJyusthshxv/naxJhlaq78hvs4DXHhv+OPa+GqB+TbmbndaRhGiNZTe7f NCMOVHsg1S8O8qKZU1Fm9sgMVhEFMHkthsJzbr382EFJS0fszcwWynHuOKQdoDay/dwf Vi5dWfhE9J3OZSusCDp10iDXiBfRlimL/XGhj1UbANJHz7kEsZnZKlXXKqEdCn2TKNSt jDM9ZKL/e2mkmj8KgZbP4teyfxfWIsoQx9ldvaFkaTN33zjmDMk5aEn/ho5Nv+CahatQ 2Zibt6HX9Ns5jxd5zOFfqhDdRy8I8dvoP9yL9Jgs3ShntGQRfstUjRY9GVibhsQnhABm GO7Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AA+aEWbjT7wjTnyErRysgZYqs5CJsYIJuo7TXp82ZJiV8zmRhExHV4Wz hGzozq131rBDc7fO2TmQGN74w6yj8JuUq9v3qlM= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AFSGD/VzrfjKcaNy0EJIViiocbiMhIJvUojYLGMWTl5wlQKU4AHdQbpHhE7qpSYcuBgG8SJW90HHHAYdkNO0DNmO+40= X-Received: by 2002:a24:57c5:: with SMTP id u188mr1138946ita.54.1545365049694; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 20:04:09 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4864:20::12a X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:231939 Archived-At: --000000000000d5dfb9057d805635 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Fri, 21 Dec 2018, 04:00 Stefan Monnier > I don't either. I meant some kind of vector graphics. This might allow > us to offer new features such as drawing arrows going from one buffer > position to another. For what it's worth, precisely this is something I have wanted to do for a very long time. I started looking at the rendering code in Emacs to try to understand how complicated that would be, but I have up pretty quickly. I guess what I'm trying to say is that this is a feature that would be very welcome. Regards, Elias --000000000000d5dfb9057d805635 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Fri, = 21 Dec 2018, 04:00 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca wrote:

I don't either.=C2=A0 I meant some kind of vector graphics.=C2=A0 This = might allow
us to offer new features such as drawing arrows going from one buffer
position to another.

For what it's worth, precisely this is something I have= wanted to do for a very long time. I started looking at the rendering code= in Emacs to try to understand how complicated that would be, but I have up= pretty quickly.

I guess= what I'm trying to say is that this is a feature that would be very we= lcome.=C2=A0

Regards,=C2= =A0
Elias=C2=A0
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