From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim Visher Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Face for the space in the window beneath the contents of the buffer? Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 09:27:18 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1391696899 24814 80.91.229.3 (6 Feb 2014 14:28:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 14:28:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs To: Dani Moncayo Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 06 15:28:28 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1WBPwJ-0005Ah-Rh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 15:28:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36662 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBPwJ-0006lr-Db for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 09:28:27 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60528) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBPw0-0006Em-JT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 09:28:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBPvu-0003qC-I8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 09:28:08 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-qa0-x233.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c00::233]:64814) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBPvu-0003pt-Dp for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 09:28:02 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-qa0-f51.google.com with SMTP id f11so2863795qae.10 for ; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 06:27:58 -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=/F3Ls7dW45Nzc1p+2C9IUfQ9qN8FmRPoZQnaBLXl6Xc=; b=iwCjIps7XZAPKvHsNBTgf94+9j4wGBewKnwrC9o77XWhMFx1A2Vo2rpHyT9rDDW3c0 ymT/mAWzJeuHKjTKn7XunYpB17eZkCAM49OkvqZHt63mQAf/6AvOq0STcJoindme9RrD nUYBzAcvF0wkFF4Qn9E6u/0OG8oNByn48zfesWZS2woRBWtF/Mnp3yIUloKkka+dwiJx 6DJkx1Ed9gHCmq9ORmBZ8ALRiRU4z9K8eRkBwDHYitwWKNW9San4uqsqw72odLQTDqnh G2HHCCC6954b2PIGI0Lcy80XVIFXTATnq7NZ1Yqn6TkEgbCcNC2Fk1di8E7TRTvmcEHj qiDQ== X-Received: by 10.224.7.10 with SMTP id b10mr13138435qab.50.1391696878202; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 06:27:58 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.140.97.228 with HTTP; Thu, 6 Feb 2014 06:27:18 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400d:c00::233 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:95939 Archived-At: On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Dani Moncayo wrote: > On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Tim Visher 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. :) -- In Christ, Timmy V. http://blog.twonegatives.com/ http://five.sentenc.es/ -- Spend less time on mail