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(Cc's trimmed).
>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Pezaris <pez@dwwc.com> writes:

>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Buchholz <mrb@eng.sun.com> writes:

Peter> I would vote for changing it.  I would also vote
Peter> for including a EOF delimiter by default.

Martin> Referring to the value of
Martin> require-final-newline, right?

sb> I thought he meant a tag like the ``[END]'' in VAX
sb> Editors.

Peter> Yes, this is what I meant.  From the FAQ:

Peter> Q5.3.7 Can I have the end of the buffer delimited in some
Peter> way? Say, with: [END] ?

Peter> (make-annotation "[END]" (point-max) 'text (current-buffer))

Peter> Note that you might want to put this in a hook. You might
Peter> also need: 

Peter> (require 'annotations)

Peter> since make-annotation is not defined by default. 

O.K.  I've been waiting for someone to suggest this.  First, I don't
like markings like this, but I'm flexible.  'Nuf said.

Second, this is XEmacs, and `[END]' is not pretty.  A visual marker
for end of buffer is purely cosmetic, so a default should look nice.

I'd be willing to consider a marking if it looked nicer, maybe a small
3d button or some such when running in X11.  I'd be even more willing
to consider putting said code in the sample.emacs, in exactly the same
fashion the oversized recycling GC X cursor is enabled.

Actually, I can't see a good argument for not putting something along
these lines in the sample.emacs.  Anybody want to code up the glyph
version of the marker?
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