Re: Fill column indicator functionality

[Ergus]

Hi Eli:

Yes, I tried rule mode first, but it is a little bit too much
distracting.

I would like to have something simple like fill-column-indicator mode
package https://github.com/alpaker/Fill-Column-Indicator.

(but without it's conflicts and many issues) even if it only brings the
most basic functionalities. This is a very basic code editing
functionality that shouldn't depend of external packages (like line
numbers for example) in my opinion.

It could be a line | or a background color change up to the X column. This
is very useful, when coding old Fortran or Cobol, but also in C.

The alternative package now is hl-fill-column but I personally don't
like it because I only see the line when is crossed already.

I know you should be very busy, but maybe it is not that hard to
implement, so I had to ask at least.

Regards,

On Tue, Feb 05, 2019 at 06:41:44PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2019 11:53:40 +0100
> > From: Ergus <address@hidden>
> >
> > I can't find any fill column indication functionality in emacs. For 80
> > (or 120) sacred column rule.
>
> ruler-mode does it, but maybe you are looking for a different kind of
> indicator.  If so, would you like to describe how you'd like it to
> look?
>
> > Is it too difficult to add such a functionality native in emacs as you
> > did with the line numbers in the last release?
>
> Hard to answer this without knowing what functionality is being
> sought.