From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: 42307@debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: ghe@sdf.org
Subject: bug#42307: Feature request: Visual block attribute for overlays
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2020 02:50:12 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d05139k3.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.NEB.2.21.2007101748360394.11489@sdf.lonestar.org> (Gregory Heytings via's message of "Fri, 10 Jul 2020 16:02:52 +0000")
>> What about a variant of your "visual block" that extends the overlay so
>> that all lines, from the first line, which contains `overlay-start' to
>> the last line, which contains `overlay-end', are covered through the same
>> columns? Coverage (highlighting) would then always be a rectangle. In
>> your example, it would the highlighting of the last line would be
>> extended to the same column as that of the other lines.
>
> That's a possible variant, indeed. Let's name this one
> "visualrectangle". But from a programmer's point of view it makes (IMHO)
> less sense.
How this highlighting is different from the rectangle selection mode
activated by 'C-x SPC'?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-07-11 23:50 UTC|newest]
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2020-07-10 8:24 bug#42307: Feature request: Visual block attribute for overlays Gregory Heytings via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2020-07-10 14:56 ` Drew Adams
2020-07-10 15:24 ` Drew Adams
2020-07-10 16:02 ` Gregory Heytings via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2020-07-10 16:42 ` Drew Adams
2020-07-10 18:57 ` Gregory Heytings via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2020-07-10 21:26 ` Gregory Heytings via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2020-07-11 23:50 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2020-07-12 1:25 ` Drew Adams
2020-07-12 8:21 ` Gregory Heytings via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2020-07-12 23:59 ` Juri Linkov
2020-07-13 6:45 ` Gregory Heytings via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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2020-07-08 17:19 bug#42347: " Gregory Heytings via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2020-07-14 2:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-14 7:38 ` Gregory Heytings via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2020-07-14 14:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-14 15:45 ` bug#42307: " Gregory Heytings via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2020-07-14 16:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-14 17:01 ` bug#42307: " Gregory Heytings via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2020-07-14 17:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-14 17:20 ` Gregory Heytings via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2020-07-14 4:23 ` bug#42347: " Drew Adams
2020-07-14 7:49 ` Gregory Heytings via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2020-07-14 14:48 ` Drew Adams
2020-07-14 15:53 ` bug#42307: " Gregory Heytings via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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