Re: [Nano-devel] [PATCH] possible new feature: option --edgecolumn that shows a vertical guiding bar

[David Ramsey]

I've done some quick testing under Slackware-current (I just finished
upgrading to that).  For the record, I'd find this feature useful.
True, I could sync text to a given vertical column by just having
--constantshow on and manually setting everything up, but the visual
feedback provided by this option makes it much easier.  Although reusing
the error color for this seems like a misuse of the error color.

I also agree that the --edgecolumn name isn't the best, but I haven't
thought of anything better yet.  Slackware's slack-desc files generally
contain a line in their comments indicating the last column they'll
display, which is referred to as the "handy ruler".  In the same sense,
maybe something with "ruler" in it would work as a better name?