Re: FR: Two column view enhancements

[Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>]

On Mar 29, 2008, at 1:39 AM, Daniel J. Sinder wrote:

> On 03/28/2008 06:04 AM, Carsten Dominik wrote:
>
>> I cannot make hl-line work (I think), because the columns
>> are using overlays with display properties, and I believe
>> that this does not merge well with another overlay face.
>
> Thanks anyway.  I suspected it might be a problem due to overlays,  
> but I didn't know enough to know for sure.
>
> I've now noticed that left-right scrolling for very wide column  
> views, does not scroll the column headings with the content.  Can  
> that be done?

This is difficult, but it can be done.  Will be in the next push.

- Carsten

>
>
>>> Second, sometimes my property values are too long to fit in the  
>>> column width I've allocated (e.g., %20NOTE).  I was thinking it  
>>> would be great if the entire value could be placed in the echo  
>>> area of emacs when I move the cursor into a "cell"?
>> That does get a bit noisy for my taste.  Is the "v" key not  
>> enough?  If not maybe I can make this optionally.
>
> "v" is perfect -- thanks.  I didn't know about it.
>
> Dan
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