Re: Showing end of buffer

[Stefan Monnier]

> I'd also be interested in vertical widgets signaling horizontal limits
> (line length resp. fill-columns); as long as you use monospaced fonts
> such a feature isn't that important (you can display the current column
> in the modeline), but when it comes to proportional fonts and enriched
> mode a ruler would be handy.

As Kai said, you're looking for M-x ruler-mode.
But I don't understand your specific need, tho: fill-column and
friends currently don't take proportional fonts into account anyway
so the ruler-mode thingy will only give accurate info for
monospaced fonts.


        Stefan