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(WIP) [PATCH] Prettify page separators.

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Message #20 received at 77544 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Elijah Gabe Pérez <eg642616 <at> gmail.com>
To: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 77544 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77544: (WIP) [PATCH] Prettify page separators.
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2025 12:08:02 -0600

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Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Nothing to add to your comments ATM, but maybe an alternative idea: how
> about solving this with a new type of display property for drawing a
> horizontal line? Say `horizontal-line WIDTH' where WIDTH could be nil or
> something to draw a line to the end of the display area? That would have
> the advantage that it would be a relatively locally confined change and
> would have no impact when not used, and hopefully little potential to
> break unrelated things when not used.

I like this idea.

> One would have to have some Lisp though that puts the display property
> on form-feeds.

In this case I would move this code to Lisp instead of C.

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