Re: Side windows

[Jason Rumney]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>>   ** Compilation error navigation bar, parallel to the scroll bar,
>>   indicating where in the buffer there are compilation errors.
>>   Perhaps we could arrange to display these error indications on top
>>   of the scroll bar itself.  That depends on to what extent toolkit
>>   scroll bars are extensible.
>> 
>> If it's possible to display such tab-like indications
>> on the scroll bar, is it still called a scroll bar?
>> 
>> If it's not possible, then what is an alternative?
>> Maybe, 1-column side bar windows?
>
> The fringe, I think.

The fringe nearest the scroll-bar is the right place to display the
indicators I think, but we need a new mechanism to display them, as they
should not scroll with the buffer text.