From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 9790@debbugs.gnu.org, Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#9790: Cleaning up nobreak-char-display
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2020 08:23:08 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e43d06f8-e733-48d3-b689-1aeaf153e84d@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87blf4908s.fsf@mail.linkov.net>
Various posts in this thread essentially propose different blanket approaches, i.e., paint something with a broad brush. Some want such brushwork in some contexts; others don't.
What's needed, I think, are (1) a fine-grained mechanism to control which chars get highlighted and how and where/when, (2) default applications of that mechanism to specific contexts, and (3) user ability to control things.
No broad brushwork will be satisfactory, I think. I think some form of #1 is the starting point - without that, I don't see a good solution.
I mentioned my library `highlight-chars.el', which provides support for #1: ways to highlight any set of chars, and control where/when/whether that's done. Maybe take a look at what it offers, as food for thought or even perhaps reuse?
https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/highlight-chars.el
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-19 0:22 bug#9790: Cleaning up nobreak-char-display Chong Yidong
2020-12-07 17:38 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-12-08 8:55 ` Juri Linkov
2020-12-08 14:17 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-12-08 16:23 ` Drew Adams [this message]
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