the code you sent works as described - thanks.
but it doesn't do exactly what i am looking for, in that you can
only tell if a line goes over the desired length if the cursor is
on the line. i am looking for a way to show me all lines
over the defined column limit at a glance. if the hilighting code
would hilight all characters which are beyond the desired column
length regardless of the position of the cursor that would be fine, or
having a visual cue such as a line down the right side of the buffer
at column 80, or anything else which was an easily detectable visual
cue.
thanks
aaron
At Fri, 27 Jul 2001 20:15:10 -0700,
Sandip Chitale wrote:
>
> > > In fact putting the following lines in .emacs
> > >
> > > ;; Highlight current line
> > > (require 'highline)
> > > (highline-mode-on)
> > >
> > > and the following lines in jde-mode-hook
> > >
> > > (make-variable-buffer-local 'highline-line)
> > > (setq highline-line (cons fill-column 240))
> > >
> > > did the trick.
> >
> It does not show a complete vertical line at 'fill-column'
> but it does show a highlighted the part of the current line which is longer
> than 'fill-column'. Granted this is not exactly the same thing as what was
> originally asked for. Also this may be distracting to some people.
>
> It works on my GNU Emacs.
>
> -sandip
>
