From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Jones Subject: Column view and hl-line-mode Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:44:06 -0600 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K3LZK-0000EN-Hs for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:44:10 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K3LZJ-0000EB-5Z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:44:09 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49049 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K3LZJ-0000E8-07 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:44:09 -0400 Received: from pmade.com ([64.92.223.213]:55704) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K3LZI-0001GY-NX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:44:08 -0400 Received: from tiny.local.pmade.com (c-76-25-134-186.hsd1.co.comcast.net [76.25.134.186]) (authenticated bits=0) by pmade.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m531i7b7047219 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 01:44:07 GMT (envelope-from pjones@pmade.com) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org When using column view, I find it hard to visually follow a row across its columns, to see which column values go with which to-do heading. In other words, column view doesn't have any horizontal rules, so I usually resort to placing my finger on the screen and running it left-to-right to help line up rows and columns. In the past I had used hl-line-mode to do this for me. It made the current row (line) a different color, thus making a single row stand out from the others, allowing my eyes to correctly associate the correct column data with the row of interest. Of course, recent changes disabled the effects of hl-line-mode in column view (and for good reason). Would it be possible to make the row/line that point is on stand out, either by alternating the row colors, or allowing something like hl-line-mode to work in column view? Thanks. -- Peter Jones, pmade inc. http://pmade.com