Aaron,
Here is a slightly modified version of highline.el
which should do - "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"
Enjoy.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 8:54 AM
> To: Sandip Chitale
> Cc: burtonator; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: limiting line length
>
>
>
> 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
> >
>
highline.el
