Re: Better handling of window margins

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Which is why I suggested we go with a purely Elisp library layed on top of
>> the current display features. That lets us play freely with various design
>> options. Contrary to the redisplay code, such a library will have to do its
>> job at the time the margin-display-properties are added to the buffer,
>> rather than at the time they're rendered on screen.
> Can this be done totally side-band, without affecting long-standing APIs? If
> it's something that could live in ELPA,

Yes, that's the idea.


        Stefan