Load coverlay.el in your .emacs (require 'coverlay) Minor mode will toggle overlays in all buffers according to current lcov file M-x global-coverlay-mode Load lcov file into coverlay buffer M-x coverlay-load-file /path/to/lcov-file Load and watch a lcov file for changes M-x coverlay-watch-file /path/to/lcov-file Toggle overlay for current buffer M-x coverlay-toggle-overlays Show a table of coverage across file M-x coverlay-display-stats