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From: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut@gmail.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: recommended techniques for "temporary highlighting"?
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 08:58:10 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2lgkep665.fsf@caladan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CADCnXoZq6wDzZN_YpB=RMyhZSWFrvpQjaE5UUGBLM5rwbKrF4g@mail.gmail.com

On Sat, Oct 14 2017, Miles Bader wrote:

> Any thoughts as to what the best way to do this sort of thing is?

I'd use technique (2) and clear the overloay in a timer, similar to
`pulse-momentary-highlight-region` does it.

Helmut




  reply	other threads:[~2017-10-14  6:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-10-14  2:12 recommended techniques for "temporary highlighting"? Miles Bader
2017-10-14  6:58 ` Helmut Eller [this message]
2017-10-14  7:23 ` Eli Zaretskii

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