From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Side windows Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:48:07 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87ljcn2ko4.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: <4BC4CBB5.3050809@gmx.de> <87ljcruevx.fsf_-_@mail.jurta.org> <4BC86E1C.3000106@gmx.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1271452130 2315 80.91.229.12 (16 Apr 2010 21:08:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:08:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: grischka Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 16 23:08:49 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O2smN-0000V8-1c for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:08:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35470 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O2smK-0007xq-D7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:08:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1O2sa0-0003RX-O6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:56:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=52215 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O2sZz-0003Qg-7P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:56:00 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O2sZw-0000Og-2q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:55:59 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp-out2.starman.ee ([85.253.0.4]:52510 helo=mx2.starman.ee) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O2sZv-0000OI-Tl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:55:56 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by Amavisd-New at mx2.starman.ee Original-Received: from mail.starman.ee (82.131.70.170.cable.starman.ee [82.131.70.170]) by mx2.starman.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7160E3F40D2; Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:55:53 +0300 (EEST) In-Reply-To: <4BC86E1C.3000106@gmx.de> (grischka's message of "Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:03:08 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:123776 Archived-At: >> ** Compilation error navigation bar, parallel to the scroll bar, >> indicating where in the buffer there are compilation errors. >> Perhaps we could arrange to display these error indications on top >> of the scroll bar itself. That depends on to what extent toolkit >> scroll bars are extensible. >> >> If it's possible to display such tab-like indications >> on the scroll bar, is it still called a scroll bar? >> >> If it's not possible, then what is an alternative? >> Maybe, 1-column side bar windows? > > WinMerge and KDiff3 have a "sort of" scrollbar with transparent thumb > used to indicate (and jump to) the regions with differences. > > See picture. This is definitely impossible to do in fringes with today's code. But using the same technique as is used by palette.el http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ColorPalette to create pseudo-graphics in a side window it should be doable. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/