Re: Alternative fringe bitmaps for continuation/truncation

[Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>]

Kim F. Storm wrote:

> I agree that they are a bit too cryptic for general acceptance.
>
> I think these are much better:
>
> (define-fringe-bitmap 'right-truncation
>   "\x04\x02\xa9\x02\x04" nil nil 'bottom)
> (define-fringe-bitmap 'left-truncation
>   "\x20\x40\xaa\x40\x20" nil nil 'bottom)
>   

Yes, those are obviously arrows, I don't think they will be mistaken for 
a bug. I think all of these would look better moved above the baseline 
(currently the horizontal lines in all of the bitmaps appear one pixel 
below the baseline for me). The truncation bitmaps would look best 
centered with respect to the lower case center of gravity (I'm sure this 
is not easy to compute reliably so an acceptable alternative might be to 
align the bottom of the arrow with or just below the baseline). The 
ellipses should be at or slightly above the baseline, particularly for 
the left continuation indicator, which may be mistaken for being 
associated with the following line with current placement.