From: Mark Wooding <mdw@distorted.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 00:30:16 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: el/dot-emacs.el: Distinctive highlighting for ellipses.
X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~mdw/git/profile/commitdiff_plain/5fedb342befa265c4a363c1b7318dc68a946ff18?hp=a33d1f8ca747f70deefcd57d2d51876a0f6f9c1c

el/dot-emacs.el: Distinctive highlighting for ellipses.

Now I can tell whether Emacs is hiding something or I actually typed a
bunch of dots...
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diff --git a/el/dot-emacs.el b/el/dot-emacs.el
index d2eba21..1704f7d 100644
--- a/el/dot-emacs.el
+++ b/el/dot-emacs.el
@@ -985,6 +985,13 @@ (mdw-define-face whizzy-slice-face
 (mdw-define-face whizzy-error-face
   (t :background "darkred"))
 
+;; Ellipses used to indicate hidden text (and similar).
+(mdw-define-face mdw-ellipsis-face
+  (((type tty)) :foreground "blue") (t :foreground "grey60"))
+(let ((dot (make-glyph-code ?. 'mdw-ellipsis-face)))
+  (set-display-table-slot standard-display-table 4
+			  (vector dot dot dot)))
+
 ;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ;;; C programming configuration.