Fuzzy Logic wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Patrick Gen-Paul<[email protected]> wrote:
>> Fuzzy Logic wrote:
>>
>>> I guess I'm still lost why the tildes beyond the end of the file are
>>> such trouble for you. What is the downside of them being there?
>
> That was a bit snippier than I expected. It doesn't bother me really.
> I was asking more to understand your thinking, since it doesn't match
> mine. I don't really see it as being a "preference", so I was trying
> to get to an understanding.
For reasons unrelated, I just happened to be in an snippy mood.
:-/
I've thought about it a bit and the reason is as simple as "I just hate
the look of those tildes" - like some people hate cats, broccoli, or the
smell of cigars.. What else can I tell you..?
>> No offense meant, but I started this thread to discuss technical
>> options
>
> Your technical option is to patch the code or convince someone else
> to do so.
That's one obvious "solution" .. And within minutes, Gregory Margo
graciously came up with a patch that replaces the '~'s with ' 's.. And
I could easily modify it to display '-'s or '>'s or whatever instead.
Another "solution" that I sketched out earlier, namely changing the
highlight group's definition on the fly is the one I would favor, but I
haven't been able to figure out a way to access the current values of
cterm{fg|bg} and modify them "from the outside".
As for now, I'll stick to my clunky low-level "solution" where I make
the NonText highlight group invisible by default and switch to an almost
identical color scheme with just NonText redefined, whenever I need :set
list to make EOL's visible.
I apologize if I sounded a bit over the top, especially since you have
kindly responded to my requests for assistance in the past - next time
I'll make sure I stick in a slew of smiley's to make it clear I am not
saying such things in earnest.
Gen-Paul.
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