GNU bug report logs - #18541
24.3; ruler-mode: margins are reset when doing next-buffer/previous-buffer

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Andrea Rossetti <andrea.rossetti <at> gmail.com>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 18541 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18541: 24.3; ruler-mode: margins are reset when doing next-buffer/previous-buffer
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2021 10:24:37 +0200

> Yeah, I guess...  but...  is it really useful to restore the margins if
> you display the same buffer in a (very) different frame?  (I'm thinking
> gui vs. non-gui in an emacsclient setup.)

Is it useful to make Ruler mode buffer local?

> I think it would be natural to restore margins if the buffer is a window
> in the same frame, but that's rather obscure, too.

Buffer local settings have to be respected anywhere.  A user who sets
the margins in a non-gui frame and switches to a gui frame may want to
see them there as well.

martin

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