From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim Visher Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16668: 24.3; Feature Request: Face to indicate lines displayed in window that are not part of the buffer. Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:07:41 -0500 Message-ID: References: <834n4cz1uj.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1392052150 3008 80.91.229.3 (10 Feb 2014 17:09:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 17:09:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 16668@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 10 18:09:17 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WCuM8-0002FD-KY for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 18:09:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56870 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCuM8-0005VF-4X for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:09:16 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56818) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCuLz-0005UG-DO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:09:12 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCuLu-000553-HZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:09:07 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33682) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCuLu-00054z-EM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:09:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCuLt-0002jF-Rr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:09:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Tim Visher Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 17:09:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16668 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 16668-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16668.139205211110447 (code B ref 16668); Mon, 10 Feb 2014 17:09:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16668) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Feb 2014 17:08:31 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41577 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCuLO-0002iQ-BI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:08:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-qa0-f50.google.com ([209.85.216.50]:56146) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCuLL-0002i7-7q for 16668@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:08:27 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-qa0-f50.google.com with SMTP id cm18so10074996qab.9 for <16668@debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 09:08:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=CQXZavP8EUibLT+A/y9zbwOvvBNVKmaUkwLE4xAPCWQ=; b=0Zh1EKo4vxWsr94zf5TlqGAM4p5hRRa/6fozSmqvv59cFD76wAOB1oKOLPcWilasY+ 2nfw1/qaJ9XqyrIDNSHPw6q/OlA2JNfNuAuG35uw0+mkLCGuEEw7J08s1aP1cfZYZ4BZ 3wbVki9fgLSqAbpOkMSG3Il+4xXaibkOukBGY2gioZZjXQBxbx9iZUhf4VcFI4pWy7NJ qHsJaHYwNamygLgUjh+WUKoFo8QN/hsVjxlF4YUMOZgoviKzaQJ6cLbix5YW9sbkrrug OioIded2odwf5TU+XI5hfcxZFNt1DBh22hb2sl8bd8N7Ayaph06lBvXwdmn+dPK2Chod BErQ== X-Received: by 10.224.34.71 with SMTP id k7mr49600520qad.15.1392052101782; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 09:08:21 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.140.97.228 with HTTP; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 09:07:41 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <834n4cz1uj.fsf@gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:85280 Archived-At: On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 10:40 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: Tim Visher >> Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 09:33:15 -0500 >> >> I'd like some visual indication of where the contents of the buffer >> ends. I've always thought it would be nice to have a different color >> for the space beneath the buffer in the window. >> >> So if I have a buffer with >> >> ``` >> this is the last line of text in the file >> >> >> ``` note the 2 blank lines at the bottom of the file >> >> displayed in a window that looks like >> >> ``` >> snth >> satoe >> this is the last line of text in the file >> >> >> >> >> ``` Note the 2 extra blank lines >> >> I'd like: >> >> ``` >> Normal Faces >> Normal Faces >> Normal Faces >> Normal Faces >> Normal Faces >> Face indicating not part of buffer >> Face indicating not part of buffer >> ``` >> >> Or something similar. > > A great introductory exercise for anyone who would like to gain > experience in hacking the Emacs display engine. Volunteers are most > welcome. Sounds intriguing. Could you perhaps point me to a couple places to start? I wouldn't mind gaining said experience. :)