bug#13784: About an Emacs TODO item

[Xue Fuqiao]

On Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:54:12 +0200
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> > 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.

I see, thanks for your explanation.

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