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Re: Coloring window parts without content
From: |
Dieter Wilhelm |
Subject: |
Re: Coloring window parts without content |
Date: |
Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:01:04 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.91 (gnu/linux) |
"spamfilteraccount@gmail.com" <spamfilteraccount@gmail.com> writes:
> Dieter Wilhelm wrote:
>> "spamfilteraccount@gmail.com" <spamfilteraccount@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > I'd like to color the headings in outline, so that the headings have a
>> > distinct background color which spans horizontally across the visible
>> > window.
>>
>> This reminds me a bit of hl-line-mode.
>
> I took a look at hl-line-mode implementation and the solution is very
> simple. It puts an overlay onto the whole line including the newline
> character (note the 1+):
>
> (move-overlay hl-line-overlay
> (line-beginning-position) (1+ (line-end-position))
> (current-buffer)))))
>
> I also tried it with text properties and it works the same way:
>
> (put-text-property (line-beginning-position) (+ 1
> (line-end-position))
> 'face 'highlight)
>
>
> I thought I finally found something which emacs couldn't do, but I was
> wrong. Emacs cannot be beaten. :)
>
Thank you for your response, I learned something as well 8-)
>
> The only thing remaining is to hack outline mode somehow to propertize
> headings this way. I think it's an improvement, so it should be
> included (with an option maybe) in the default outline.el.
Yes, it might improve readability (A graphic example comparing this
would be ideal to convince people working on this).
--
Best wishes
H. Dieter Wilhelm
Darmstadt, Germany