From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai =?iso-8859-15?q?Gro=DFjohann?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Removing word wrap arrows Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 18:13:35 +0200 Organization: University of Dortmund, Germany Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1033057584 13246 127.0.0.1 (26 Sep 2002 16:26:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 16:26:24 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17ubT4-0003RR-00 for ; Thu, 26 Sep 2002 18:26:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17ubT9-00058a-00; Thu, 26 Sep 2002 12:26:27 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!nntp.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!eusc.inter.net!Informatik.Uni-Dortmund.DE!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 37 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Cancel-Lock: sha1:MVMDYJmurq0GCcTaD5kkHF2B+6Y= Original-Xref: nntp.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:105350 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:1902 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:1902 Victor Kirk writes: > Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE Replied > >>> Is there any to turn these and the border off as I find them >>> distracting and would like to gain a bit of extra space for text. > >> These are called fringes. In a future version of Emacs (not 21.2, >> not 21.3) you will be able to turn them off. > > Ahh, I tried apropos with every possibility I could think of, now > I know what they are called I think a little better of them. The enemy you know... You could have found out about it by reading the NEWS file (Emacs News from Help menu). It's a useful document to read. >> In the meantime, maybe it helps a little bit to change the background >> color of the fringes to match the main window... > > I've just tried this and it's fine until I have windows side by side, > then it gets confusing as there is no visual seperator between windows. > I guess I'd like to be able to specify a width of the fringe, maybe allow > different widths for left and right. In 21.4, you will be able to do that. > Is it possible to write to the fringes, say be able to put a 'x' next > to a bit of a malformed file? Not currently, no. The fringe width thing has been implemented already, but this feature has not been implemented yet. kai -- ~/.signature is: umop ap!sdn (Frank Nobis)