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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Mark Karpov <markkarpov@openmailbox.org>
Cc: 21386@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21386: 25.0.50; Make visual rectangular selection look better
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 13:48:52 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv7fobe4g1.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k2sblf09.fsf@openmailbox.org> (Mark Karpov's message of "Mon,  31 Aug 2015 20:16:38 +0600")

> There is a cool new feature in Emacs 25: visual support for rectangular
> selection.  However, I would like to set its width to one pixel when it's
> “logical” width is zero columns of text.  By default it's a bit too
> bold.  Is it possible?

Shouldn't be too hard to make its width customizable.  Look for
"zero-width" in lisp/rect.el to find the relevant piece of code.

> Also, it would be cool if it didn't “shift” text on the right side of
> the selection when its width is zero.

Yes, that would be nice, but as far I know this would require changes in
the display engine, so it's a lot more work.


        Stefan





  reply	other threads:[~2015-08-31 17:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-31 14:16 bug#21386: 25.0.50; Make visual rectangular selection look better Mark Karpov
2015-08-31 17:48 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2015-08-31 17:58   ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-08-31 18:42     ` Mark Karpov
2015-08-31 19:00       ` Eli Zaretskii

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