Re: ruler-mode is broken

[Lute Kamstra]

address@hidden (Kim F. Storm) writes:

> Lute Kamstra <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> That's a pity.  Would it be much work to allow stretch glyphs to have
>> zero width?
>
> It may cause some confusion in connection with cursor movement if
> there is a glyph with zero width ... where do you display the cursor?

Maybe it's easiest to let the cursor have zero width as well.  This is
confusing indeed, so the zero width glyphs would be usable in
non-editing contexts only.

> The proper thing is probably to skip over such glyphs by treating them
> as invisible, but I don't know how difficult that is.

That would make zero width glyphs useful in editing contexts too.

> But if we restrict those elements to the header and mode lines (where
> they are most useful), it won't be difficult.
>
>
> I've put it on my personal to-do list to investigate this.

Great.  Thanks.

  Lute.