From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stefan Monnier" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Showing end of buffer Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 09:28:31 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200304211328.h3LDSW4I028717@rum.cs.yale.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1050931724 15787 80.91.224.249 (21 Apr 2003 13:28:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 13:28:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 21 15:28:41 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 197bLd-00046E-00 for ; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 15:28:41 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 197bQQ-0004kM-00 for ; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 15:33:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 197bMD-0000CS-04 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 09:29:17 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 197bLq-00009o-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 09:28:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 197bLk-0008SO-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 09:28:49 -0400 Original-Received: from rum.cs.yale.edu ([128.36.229.169]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 197bLW-0008A4-00; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 09:28:34 -0400 Original-Received: from rum.cs.yale.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rum.cs.yale.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h3LDSWx6028719; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 09:28:32 -0400 Original-Received: (from monnier@localhost) by rum.cs.yale.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h3LDSW4I028717; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 09:28:32 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.4 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 Original-To: Karl Eichwalder Original-cc: rms@gnu.org Original-cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:13322 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:13322 > I'd also be interested in vertical widgets signaling horizontal limits > (line length resp. fill-columns); as long as you use monospaced fonts > such a feature isn't that important (you can display the current column > in the modeline), but when it comes to proportional fonts and enriched > mode a ruler would be handy. As Kai said, you're looking for M-x ruler-mode. But I don't understand your specific need, tho: fill-column and friends currently don't take proportional fonts into account anyway so the ruler-mode thingy will only give accurate info for monospaced fonts. Stefan