Backlighting and Visible Whitespace

[Joerg Fischer]

Once upon a time Tony Balinski wrote:

> On a final note, I did manage to change the new SH background color
> rendering so that the empty space following the line end could be colored
> with the current SH background if applicable (for example with comments).
> It fills out to the right as does a non-rectangular selection does. I
> think this is slightly more "correct" than the current implementation
> which stops "backgrounding" at the end of the line. 

Do you still have a patch for it or could you please give me any
hints? I'm sort of struggling with the sources and Xlib and need help.

Jörg