Re: Fill column indicator functionality

[Óscar Fuentes]

Ergus <address@hidden> writes:

> I am back with this topic waiting for the membership approval I already
> claimed. In the meantime the changes are available on github if anyone
> wants to try/test/correct/suggest anything.

To clarify to others, that is https://github.com/Ergus/Emacs on master
branch.

> I have a design question related to continuation lines.
>
> Right now the indicator is show in all the lines including the
> continuation lines.
>
> Conceptually this is not right because a wrapped line is actually a line
> that already crossed the fill-column, so the question is if I should add
> an extra if to not print the indicator in continuation lines.

That's interesting. Showing a continous vertical line is aesthetically
pleasing even when it does not make sense otherwise, but a gap on that
vertical line also is useful because it makes the continuation lines
obvious.

I guess the answer here, as often in Emacs, is "make it configurable"
:-)