Subject: Re: bug#51629: 29.0.50; State of outline minor mode buttons not synchronized

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2021 19:52:05 +0100

Matthias Meulien <[email-masked]> writes:

> 4. Observe the broken buttons state as in attached screenshot:

Thanks for the detailed case for reproduction; I've now fixed this on
the trunk.  (Hopefully for all these outline commands, but probably not.  🤐)

> While speaking of diff-mode buffers, note that the arrows are simply not
> displayed when the buffer is first displayed. Maybe this deserves a
> dedicated bug?

We're thinking of making this button thing much more configurable.  As
it stands, the buttons are not useful in editing buffers -- they should
be fringe markers there instead.  But it's being worked upon: It'll be a
more general library for marking things like this.

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