GNU bug report logs - #16403
24.3.50; Rectangular selection visually disturbing

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ivan Kalyaev <ivan.kalyaev <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 10:16:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: 16403 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: eliz <at> gnu.org, dmoncayo <at> gmail.com, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: bug#16403: Rectangular selection visually disturbing
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2025 14:30:14 +0100

Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of
text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I can't think of any reason why we couldn't add a config var to disable
> that thin vertical line.  I find it convenient (tho I agree that the
> small motion is bar jarring), but that's a question of taste.

It is a bit more than only convenient: for commands like
`string-rectangle' or `rectangle-number-lines' it is an important guide
visualizing what one will get.


Michael.
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