GNU bug report logs - #1254
23.0.60; linum-mode display problem with variable-pitch font

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>

Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:40:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: wontfix

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 1254 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Markus Triska <markus.triska <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 1254 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>,
        Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
Subject: Re: bug#1254: 23.0.60; linum-mode display problem with variable-pitch font
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:38:19 -0400

> I cannot reproduce the problem with X11 on OSX and thus cannot test
> this. Would it work to interpret the margin width in terms of the
> broadest glyph in a font, so other packages would benefit too?

Not only that's not really possible with the current code's limitations,
but it would also be a bad idea: in most fonts the widest glyph is
pretty hideously wide, so you'd end up with margins that are much
too wide.


        Stefan
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