From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: turning off the fringe. Date: 25 Feb 2003 10:46:25 +0100 Organization: T-Online Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1046166963 2521 80.91.224.249 (25 Feb 2003 09:56:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 09:56:03 +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 18nboe-0000e7-00 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 10:56:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18nbjC-0000Tr-01 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 04:50:22 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.stueberl.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 25 Original-X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1046166385 06 1606 PSfkEGAE2AKNC 030225 09:46:25 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@t-online.com X-Sender: 520018396234-0001@t-dialin.net X-Face: 2FEFf>]>q>2iw=B6,xrUubRI>pR&Ml9=ao@P@i)L:\urd*t9M~y1^:+Y]'C0~{mAl`oQuAl \!3KEIp?*w`|bL5qr,H)LFO6Q=qx~iH4DN;i"; /yuIsqbLLCh/!U#X[S~(5eZ41to5f%E@'ELIi$t^ Vc\LWP@J5p^rst0+('>Er0=^1{]M9!p?&:\z]|;&=NP3AhB!B_bi^]Pfkw User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:110595 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:7098 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:7098 ali rahimi writes: > Hello. I just installed emacs21 after some goading from people who > like to use fancier things than i like to use. The problem with a > lot of fancy is that they cost a lot money. > > I run two emacs frames side by side, taking up my entire screen. I > paid about $1200 for my monitor (one of the fancier things in my > office). It's 1280 pixels wide. After a quick back-of-the envelope > calculation, I think that these new fancy fringes are taking up a > total of 52 pixels, which is costing me about $50 in screen real > estate every time i run emacs. You are doing something wrong if you need to buy a new monitor every time you run Emacs. > How can I please turn off the fringes, but maybe turn them > back on during gud mode? Customizable fringes are only available when you use a fancier Emacs than Emacs-21.2. The developer Emacs (which will be released at some time as 21.4) has them. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum