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bug#13784: About an Emacs TODO item
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#13784: About an Emacs TODO item |
Date: |
Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:54:12 +0200 |
> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:29:58 +0800
> From: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com>
>
> There is a TODO item in etc/TODO:
>
> ** Display something in the margin on lines that have compilation
> errors.
>
> Flymake can use a bitmap in the *fringe* to mark lines that an
> error/warning has been reported. Do we really need to display it in
> the *margin*?
Fringes don't exist on TTY frames, so you'd need to use the margins at
least on those frames. Margins have another advantage: Lisp programs
can easily display stuff there, whereas to display it on the fringes,
you need to create a bitmap first. And margins have more space, if
this is important.