Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:13:49 -0400
>> From:  Spencer Baugh via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
>> 
>> The code to automatically fallback to margins is not correct: it
>> relies implicitly on the buffer being displayed in a window
>> while flymake-mode is running.  If the buffer is created while
>> not displayed, we will always automatically fallback to margins,
>> which is incorrect.
>> 
>> Avoid the regression by simply disabling this code.  I'll try
>> again to fall back automatically in the future.
>
> Thanks.
>
>> --- a/doc/misc/flymake.texi
>> +++ b/doc/misc/flymake.texi
>> @@ -317,9 +317,6 @@ Customizable variables
>>  errors or warnings.
>>  Depending on your preference, this can either use @code{fringes} or
>>  @code{margins} for indicating errors.
>> -If set to @code{fringes} (the default), it will automatically fall back
>> -to using margins in windows or frames without fringes, such as text
>> -terminals.
>
> Text-mode terminals default to margins, so I think the above text
> should mention that.
>
> Otherwise, no comments.

Sure, fixed.