From: Kim F. Storm Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 20:26:39 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Add overflow-newline-into-fringe and indicate-buffer-boundaries. X-Git-Tag: ttn-vms-21-2-B4~7902 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=dcf0c8e0d5e0420197e95d0d37e97903aa47dbbb;p=emacs.git Add overflow-newline-into-fringe and indicate-buffer-boundaries. --- diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index a7710e3b395..3dc75855765 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -86,6 +86,26 @@ See the files mac/README and mac/INSTALL for build instructions. * Changes in Emacs 21.4 +** On window systems, lines which are exactly as wide as the window +(not counting the final newline character) are no longer broken into +two lines on the display (with just the newline on the second line). +Instead, the newline now "overflows" into the right fringe, and the +cursor will be displayed in the fringe when positioned on that newline. + +The new user option 'overflow-newline-into-fringe' may be set to nil to +revert to the old behaviour of continuing such lines. + +** The buffer boundaries (i.e. first and last line in the buffer) may now +be marked with bitmaps in the fringes. In addition, up and down +arrow bitmaps may be shown at the top and bottom of the right fringe +if the window can be scrolled in either direction. + +This behavior is activated by setting the buffer-local variable +`indicate-buffer-boundaries' to a non-nil value. If value is t, both +boundaries and scrolling arrows are shown; any other non-nil value +shows only the buffer boundaries. The default value of this variable +is found in `default-indicate-buffer-boundaries'. + ** New command `display-local-help' displays any local help at point in the echo area. It is bound to `C-h .'. It normally displays the same string that would be displayed on mouse-over using the