bug#56820: outline-minor-mode replacing the first character with an arrow

[Yilkal Argaw <yilkalargawworkneh@gmail.com>]

I think that would be a better approach. The fringe might be to narrow
and might be over crowded if there is another app using it but it
would not affect buffer content

On Sat, Jul 30, 2022 at 7:40 AM Jim Porter <jporterbugs@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/29/2022 8:27 PM, Yilkal Argaw wrote:
> > Thanks  that fixed the default behaviour but
> > outline-minor-mode-use-buttons option still has a weird bug because
> > when you use it with modes like python-mode and ruby-mode it replaces
> > the first character of the outline-regep which for the aforementioned
> > modes is strings like "module", "class", "def" etc... so when it
> > replaces the first character it renders the buffer unreadable. So it
> > might be better to insert the arrows in front of the first character
> > instead of replacing the first character.
>
> Would it make sense to put the buttons on the fringe? I suppose other
> indicators might compete with the outline-minor-mode buttons then, but
> at least it wouldn't disrupt the buffer contents.
>
> (Maybe some modes like help-mode would still want in-buffer buttons
> though...)