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Re: narrow color bar using display properties
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Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: narrow color bar using display properties |
Date: |
Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:46:05 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
> I've got my cursor-type set to a colored bar, and looking at it today I
> thought it would be very nice if I could create a similar effect with
> code: presumably using text properties (I'm guessing the display
> property) to lay a bar of color (either background color or a
> transparent foreground color) over existing text, only a couple of
> pixels wide and aligned left, without otherwise disturbing the placement
> of the text beneath.
I can't think of any way to get this effect with the current display
tricks provided to Elisp.
Stefan