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: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 15:54:45 +0300 Message-ID: <83lg0n9tuy.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20190402212251.ee6jlzptyll24ebo@Ergus> <83sguzekc5.fsf@gnu.org> <20190403102234.gyk45tfk4uypilhn@Ergus> <83d0m3e43f.fsf@gnu.org> <20190405103614.oivi4mtlnklldli4@Ergus> <831s2gd2k6.fsf@gnu.org> <83pnq0bhef.fsf@gnu.org> <20190405181133.weuyq7yecuekolit@Ergus> <83imvsb7h0.fsf@gnu.org> <20190405211543.3n3vx2ce27nyu6zp@Ergus> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="127925"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Robert Pluim Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 06 14:55:03 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 1hCkqd-000XBa-DS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 14:55:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54695 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hCkqc-0002my-Ap for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 08:55:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:34350) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hCkqW-0002mt-Bk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 08:54:57 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:40036) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hCkqV-0004Cy-M1; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 08:54:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4408 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hCkqV-0002Kw-2n; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 08:54:55 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Robert Pluim on Sat, 06 Apr 2019 12:13:30 +0200) 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:235030 Archived-At: > From: Robert Pluim > Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 12:13:30 +0200 > > >>>>> On Fri, 5 Apr 2019 23:15:43 +0200, Ergus said: > >> Btw, there could be a problem when the mode is turned on on a > >> GUI frame, where '│' can be displayed OK, and then a TTY frame > >> is created in the same session, where that character cannot be > >> displayed. I wonder how to deal with this issue. > > Ergus> There is also the problem that the user could activate > Ergus> display-fill-column-mode and then change the font. > > For both these issues Iʼm tempted to say 'caveat Emacsor'. With > perhaps a note in the manual if weʼre feeling generous :-) That's one solution, yes. > What's the issue with just using '|' (U+7c) unconditionally? It looks less pretty, at least with my font: the resulting vertical line is not contiguous.