AW: AW: Cursorline

[Thorsten Haude]

Hi,

* Scott Tringali wrote (2007-01-28 08:51):
>Seems to me recyling any sort of visual for the line is going to run 
>into this conflict (background highlight, foreground change, 
>underlining, etc.).
>
>We either prioritize and live with the conflict (e.g., selection vs. 
>syntax highlighting) or invent a different visual (say, accent marks on 
>the edges).

Of course that would be possible (though I can't think of any good
visual for the cursorline). If only we don't overdo it like JEdit.


>Mixing colors is an interesting idea, but it sometimes can produce 
>unpredictable and unreadable results.  You'd have to make sure the 
>background doesn't mix to something close to the foreground color, and 
>then decided what to do if it does.

We'd need a solid color model for this. The mixed color should be
compared to foreground and changed if similar.


Thorsten
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