Re: background-image in emacs

[Dieter Wilhelm]

M G Berberich <berberic@forwiss.uni-passau.de> writes:

> Hello,
>
> On Sat, 25 Nov 2006, Dieter Wilhelm <dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de> wrote:
>> M G Berberich <berberic@forwiss.uni-passau.de> writes:
>>>
>>> at the moemnt I'm using xemacs, and I have a background-image, which
>>
>> How does this work for lines broader than the buffer?
>
> I'm not sure if I understood your question: It's simply a
> background-image, belonging to the frame. It does not care about
> »logical« lines. It's like printing on old-fashioned fanfold
> computer-paper.

I see, it's a pity, it could be an alternative to the fringe's
indicators of long lines.

>
>> It looks surely interesting. But normally the readability of text
>> presented in lines is good when they aren't too long.
>> 
>> The only advantage I discern is when comparing stuff by hand i. e.
>> checking data presented in tabular form and your eyes have to wander
>> constantly from the sheet to the screen and might end up in the
>> wrong line.
>
> I normaly don't do this. I like it and think its usefull in editing
> "formated" texts, like source-code.
>

Hmmm, I really had to work with it to judge the usefulness.

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    Best wishes

    H. Dieter Wilhelm
    Darmstadt, Germany