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That worked for my Emacs, Thank you! What is the syntax if I add that using (custom-set-faces ''fill-column-indicator ... I tried a lot but nothing worked but didn't error either

JohnDoe
– JohnDoe

2025-04-04 19:10:40 +00:00
Commented Apr 4 at 19:10
I guess this solution works as long as the whole buffer has one uniform font width. When there are differing font sizes involved, the literal bitmap will be used as a pattern resulting in ugly repetitions.

JohnDoe
– JohnDoe

2025-04-14 07:20:42 +00:00
Commented Apr 14 at 7:20

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