From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: setnu.el / setnu+.el Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 11:47:28 -0500 Organization: Bell Sympatico Message-ID: <8764pb95ak.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1135616685 30458 80.91.229.2 (26 Dec 2005 17:04:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:04:45 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 26 18:04:43 2005 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eqvm6-0001Zn-Kr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 18:04:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EqvnJ-0007yJ-ES for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 12:05:57 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news.ucla.edu!nrc-news.nrc.ca!newsflash.concordia.ca!News.Dal.Ca!ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca!nf3.bellglobal.com!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:0jjU5zTYO/j6BRE1Fw0dKFHlkNQ= Original-Lines: 11 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.71.26.159 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@sympatico.ca Original-X-Trace: news20.bellglobal.com 1135615650 67.71.26.159 (Mon, 26 Dec 2005 11:47:30 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 11:47:30 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:136618 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:32237 Archived-At: > Could someone please explain the relative advantages and disadvantages of > using margin vs overlay? What is expected to be gained by making a change > to using the margin? Not sure: hopefully it solves the OP's problem with faces. Maybe it also makes it possible to use things like proportional fonts for the line numbers, without messing the main buffer text's alignment. Stefan