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On 10 Apr 2002, Robert L. Knighten wrote:

> "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@is.elta.co.il> writes:
> 
> > > From: "Winkels, Erik" <E.Winkels@sdu.nl>
> > > Date: 09 Nov 2001 14:16:28 +0100
> > > 
> > > I don't seem to be able to remove the fringes from my Emacs.
> > 
> > That's because this is currently impossible.
> > 
> > If the problem is that you find the fringe's color unpleasant, you
> > can customize the face called `fringe'.
> 
> That is unfortunate!  For some of us the fringe is a constant annoyance.

The development sources in CVS add a feature that allows to disable the 
fringes.