Re: Question about display engine

[martin rudalics]

>> I now think it would make more sense to add an 'extend-to-window-edge'
>> attribute in the face definition itself.
>
> I like that option as a concept, but it adds a new flag to a general
> struct like the face for something that only affects the region face
> now. But it is very general, so maybe could be useful in the future; but
> it worth to make the face even more complex?.

Here I'm not interested in the region at all.  What bothers me are
doc-strings and comments which I distinguish by setting their
background color.  And having that color extend to the end of the line
is annoying so I had to invent some resource consuming workarounds.

martin