Re: Narrow cursor at end of line?

[asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren)]

On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:26:02 +0100, Pascal wrote:

> asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) writes:

>> XEmacs indicates that point is at the end of a line by making the cursor
>> slightly less wide. How do I make GNU Emacs do the same?

> I guess you could change the cursor-type when it's at the end of line.
> See the variable: cursor-type

Ah, nice - thanks for the pointer.

I guess what I want to do is to have cursor-type set to (bar . 6) at the
end of the line and t otherwise. Perhaps something like:

  (defun asjo-indicate-end-of-line ()
    "Change the cursor to a narrow one when at the end of line"
    (if (eq (point) (line-end-position))
        (setq cursor-type '(bar . 6))
      (setq cursor-type t)))

I would need a hook called every time point is moved (or any time it is
moved to/from end of line) or add an advice to something, I guess?

I have looked though the list found with M-x apropos hook, but couldn't
really a good candidate...


  Best regards,

    Adam

-- 
 "I'm a driver, I'm a winner, things are gonna change,        Adam Sjøgren
  I can feel it."                                        asjo@koldfront.dk