Re: Showing end of buffer

[Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>]

> * Richard Stallman <ezf@tah.bet> [2003-04-20 20:59:43 -0400]:
>
> Dan Jacobson suggested
>
>     Well, it turns out that if you add a special mark for the
>     beginning of the file in the very left margin, then one does not
>     anymore need to rely on "Top" in the modeline to tell us we are on
>     top.
>
> What would people think of displaying a special kind of horizontal
> line reaching across the width of the window, to indicate the
> beginning and end of the buffer?

I know it is too late - the feature has already been implemented,
but how is this better than the scrollbar?
This whole thing - arrows, EOB/BOB angles - just duplicates the exact
same information in the scrollbar (without the benefit of clickability).

Also, I agree with those who say that all these items should be on the
same side of the screen, preferably on the left.

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