Re: highlight-80+ --- highlight characters beyond column 80

[Vinicius Jose Latorre]

>     (defgroup highlight-80+ nil
>       "Highlight characters beyond column 80."
>       :group 'faces)
>
>     (defcustom highlight-80+-columns 80
>       "*Number of columns to allow in lines."
>       :group 'highlight-80+
>       :type 'integer)
>
> Perhaps this should be a standard feature
> so that this variable could have a shorter and more natural name.
>   


Well, whitespace.el has a similar feature:


;; Thanks to nschum (EmacsWiki) for the idea about highlight "long"
;; lines tail.  See EightyColumnRule (EmacsWiki).


(defcustom whitespace-line-column 80
 "*Specify column beyond which the line is highlighted.

Used when `whitespace-style' includes `lines' or `lines-tail'."
 :type '(integer :tag "Line Length")
 :group 'whitespace)