visual marks [was: Preserving sanity in Emacs [Re: rampant region highlighting]

[Drew Adams]

> Aside: I wonder
> if the mark ring would be more appreciated as a bookmarking mechanism
> if it were visually represented, maybe little display blips.)

FWIW: There are a couple libraries on Emacs Wiki that are related to that idea: 

. http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/VisibleBookmarks (bookmarks, not marks,
but could serve as inspiration)

. http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/VisibleMark - highlights only the
(current) mark, not multiple marks on mark-ring.