Re: Showing end of buffer

[Michael Welsh Duggan]

address@hidden (Kim F. Storm) writes:

> Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Karl Eichwalder <address@hidden> writes:
>> > > In the fringe, the marker could some sort of icon for the first and
>> > > last lines, instead of a line before/after them; then it could be big
>> > > enough to allow some freedom in design.
>> >
>> > As long as I didn't reach the start or end of the buffer, I'd like to
>> > see a simple up or down arrow.  At start or end you can display a
>> > horizontal bar.
>> 
>> Something like these (for top; flip vertically for end)?
>> 
>>        ##                    ########
>>       ####    (not top)      ########   (top; a `T' might be prettier,
>>      ######                  ########    but it's easier to confuse with
>>     ########                 #           the arrow)
>>        ##                    #
>>        ##                    #
>> 
>> [I think the current symbols are 8x8 pixels monochrome, so there's not
>> much room]
>> 
>
> I just installed patches to CVS emacs to enable this behaviour.  Try
>
>         (setq default-indicate-buffer-boundaries t)
>
> I have updated the w32 and mac code to support this as well, but
> I cannot test it...

I'd just like to say that I *really* like this behavior.

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Michael Welsh Duggan
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