From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Fill column indicator functionality Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 19:13:25 +0200 Message-ID: <83ef8el03u.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20190205105340.q7zdbu7kolc7rvpr@Ergus> <83imxytcfr.fsf@gnu.org> <20190205184720.nd43dg5ho47dhqfe@Ergus> <83tvhgsxvm.fsf@gnu.org> <20190206222524.zic6idgs2vkglg7h@Ergus> <8736p0nznz.fsf@tcd.ie> <837eebsmaj.fsf@gnu.org> <87sgwvco1l.fsf@Ergus.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <83r2cel3qf.fsf@gnu.org> <20190211165636.ch5x4wb2ibdt2dzy@Ergus> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="55804"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: contovob@tcd.ie, spacibba@aol.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, john@yates-sheets.org To: Jimmy Aguilar Mena Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 11 18:19:17 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gtFEj-000EPX-Fc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2019 18:19:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53423 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gtFEi-0005tr-B4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2019 12:19:16 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:60244) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gtF9W-0002dR-R4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2019 12:13:55 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:34602) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gtF9L-0007Dd-Qm; Mon, 11 Feb 2019 12:13:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4437 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1gtF9G-0007cy-Ra; Mon, 11 Feb 2019 12:13:41 -0500 In-reply-to: <20190211165636.ch5x4wb2ibdt2dzy@Ergus> (message from Jimmy Aguilar Mena on Mon, 11 Feb 2019 17:56:36 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] 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:233225 Archived-At: > Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 17:56:36 +0100 > From: Jimmy Aguilar Mena > Cc: Ergus , contovob@tcd.ie, john@yates-sheets.org, > emacs-devel@gnu.org > > >> I have been checking the display engine and the commits to add the > >> display-line-number functionality. With this, it really looks much > >> simpler to implement the version of the vertical line (character at > >> column X). > > > >I'm not sure I understand: much simpler than what alternative? > > > The color change one. I don't think it's easier, I think both could be implemented with similar efforts, and in the same place in the code. (Caveat: I only thought a little bit about the implementation, so I might be missing some important details.) > BTW, is it there any legal paperwork before contributing? If you don't have a copyright assignment for contributing to Emacs, you should start the legal paperwork rolling, so that it's in place by the time you will have code to contribute. Thanks.