Re: Drawing UI elements behind text

[Cecilio Pardo]

On 27/11/2024 3:31, JD Smith wrote:

> > Stipples also disable the scrolling of buffer pixels, affecting performance of 
> > redisplay.
>
> On all ports?  I didn’t know this, though haven’t had any related issues.

Yes, on all ports. I would just degrade performance on certain cases.

> > The starting drawing elements are going to be vertical and horizontal segments, 
> > with color (maybe with alpha), width and different patterns.
>
> Nice.  Is there a patch to try?  Bit patterns or similar are the most flexible.

In a few days.

> Would they be associated with buffer text and move with it (aka :box), or fixed 
> to the buffer window?  What API did you have in mind?

They are associated with buffer positions, no need for text. Probably 
will add the other way too, anchoring to the window.