Variable: indicate-buffer-boundaries

indicate-buffer-boundaries is a customizable and buffer-local variable defined in buffer.c.

Documentation

Visually indicate buffer boundaries and scrolling.

If non-nil, the first and last line of the buffer are marked in the fringe of a window on graphical displays with angle bitmaps, or if the window can be scrolled, the top and bottom line of the window are marked with up and down arrow bitmaps.

If value is a symbol left or right, both angle and arrow bitmaps are displayed in the left or right fringe, resp. Any other value that doesn't look like an alist means display the angle bitmaps in the left fringe but no arrows.

You can exercise more precise control by using an alist as the value. Each alist element (INDICATOR . POSITION) specifies where to show one of the indicators. INDICATOR is one of top, bottom, up, down, or t, which specifies the default position, and POSITION is one of left, right, or nil, meaning do not show this indicator.

For example, ((top . left) (t . right)) places the top angle bitmap in left fringe, the bottom angle bitmap in right fringe, and both arrow bitmaps in right fringe. To show just the angle bitmaps in the left fringe, but no arrow bitmaps, use ((top . left) (bottom . left)).

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 22.1.

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/buffer.c
  DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("indicate-buffer-boundaries",
		     &BVAR (current_buffer, indicate_buffer_boundaries), Qnil,
		     doc: /* Visually indicate buffer boundaries and scrolling.
If non-nil, the first and last line of the buffer are marked in the fringe
of a window on graphical displays with angle bitmaps, or if the window can be
scrolled, the top and bottom line of the window are marked with up and down
arrow bitmaps.

If value is a symbol `left' or `right', both angle and arrow bitmaps
are displayed in the left or right fringe, resp.  Any other value
that doesn't look like an alist means display the angle bitmaps in
the left fringe but no arrows.

You can exercise more precise control by using an alist as the
value.  Each alist element (INDICATOR . POSITION) specifies
where to show one of the indicators.  INDICATOR is one of `top',
`bottom', `up', `down', or t, which specifies the default position,
and POSITION is one of `left', `right', or nil, meaning do not show
this indicator.

For example, ((top . left) (t . right)) places the top angle bitmap in
left fringe, the bottom angle bitmap in right fringe, and both arrow
bitmaps in right fringe.  To show just the angle bitmaps in the left
fringe, but no arrow bitmaps, use ((top .  left) (bottom . left)).  */);