From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/36870 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: emacs-21 and gnus Date: 11 Jul 2001 20:20:17 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87g0c3cjni.church.of.emacs@cis.ohio-state.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035172384 10887 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 03:53:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 03:53:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org Return-Path: Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 25006 invoked from network); 12 Jul 2001 03:20:21 -0000 Original-Received: from mail.networkone.net (209.144.112.246) by gnus.org with SMTP; 12 Jul 2001 03:20:21 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 21898 invoked from network); 12 Jul 2001 03:20:20 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO reader.local.lan) (209.144.117.151) by mail.networkone.net with SMTP; 12 Jul 2001 03:20:20 -0000 Original-Received: (from reader@localhost) by reader.local.lan (8.11.2/8.11.0) id f6C3KHL31838; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 20:20:17 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: reader.local.lan: reader set sender to reader@newsguy.com using -f Original-To: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai =?iso-8859-1?q?Gro=DFjohann?=) In-Reply-To: (Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE's message of "Thu, 12 Jul 2001 00:49:42 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.090001 (Oort Gnus v0.01) Emacs/21.0.103 Original-Lines: 18 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:36870 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:36870 Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes: > On 11 Jul 2001, Harry Putnam wrote: > > > Now about those 2 black sripes that run veritically just inside the > > border. One on either side, and a few pixels wide..... hmmm > > M-x set-variable RET truncate-lines RET t RET > > Then open a file with long lines. Then set the variable to nil. See? > > (M-x gdb RET also uses the left hand strip for its `this is the > current line' arrow.) Ok, yes. I see what they do. I guess I'm having a little trouble seeing how those little arrows are better than the standard \. Which is known the world over as a wrapped line symbol and it took almost no space. Is there some clear advantage to redundant arrows?