Re: Face for the space in the window beneath the contents of the buffer?

[Tim Visher <tim.visher@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Tim Visher <tim.visher@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>
> I think it would be a nice feature.  I'd prefer that over the current
> indicators at the fringe.  And moreover, in some situations where
> there isn't fringes (eg. on TTY sessions) this would be the only
> option to visually show the boundary of the text.
>
> So, I suggest you to report a feature request about this (M-x report-emacs-bug).

Sounds good. :)

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