Re: what is the point of overlay-arrow-string?

[Richard Stallman]

    > On a tty, the value of overlay-arrow-string is still used.
    > I think the right thing to do on X is to check whether the
    > overlay-arrow-string is "=>", and if so, use the fringe icon;
    > otherwise, display overlay-arrow-string in the old-fashioned way.

    I think we already do that.

I tried it, and overlay-arrow-string seems to have no effect under X.

Kevin, what is it that you actually want to do with this feature?
Let's not spend time solving the wrong problem.