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25.1.50; Line numbers disappear when horizontally scrolled

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From: ivan <ivan.brennan <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.1.50; Line numbers disappear when horizontally scrolled
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2016 12:02:09 -0400

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Using linum-mode displays line numbers to the left of the left fringe. I
would expect them to remain visible regardless of any horizontal scrolling,
since that's how the left fringe behaves (not to mention numerous other
editors and applications). However, when using line-truncation, the line
numbers disappear when the text is horizontally scrolled. I think this is
worth fixing, because it would be more useful and look better (the dead
space takes up screen real-estate and makes me sad).

To reproduce, run 'emacs -Q', then:

  1. Type a long line of text (enough to exhibit line-wrapping).

  2. Go to the beginning of line.
     C-a

  3. Turn on line truncation.
     M-: (setq truncate-lines t)

  4. Turn on line-numbers.
     M-x linum-mode

  5. Move cursor forward past the right-edge of the window.
     C-f ...

  6. When the beginning of line scrolls out of view, the line numbers
disappear.

  7. Move cursor back towards the beginning of line.
     C-b ...

  8. Confirm that the line-numbers reappear as soon as the beginning of
line is back in view.


System and version info below:

In GNU Emacs 25.1.50.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0, NS appkit-1404.47
Version 10.11.6 (Build 15G31))
of 2016-07-28 built on MachineCode.local
Repository revision: ec359399a47f852b4d022a30245449438e349193
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Message #8 received at 24169 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: ivan <ivan.brennan <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 24169 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24169: 25.1.50;
 Line numbers disappear when horizontally scrolled
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2016 20:47:57 +0300

> From: ivan <ivan.brennan <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2016 12:02:09 -0400
> 
> Using linum-mode displays line numbers to the left of the left fringe. I would expect them to remain visible
> regardless of any horizontal scrolling, since that's how the left fringe behaves (not to mention numerous other
> editors and applications). However, when using line-truncation, the line numbers disappear when the text is
> horizontally scrolled. I think this is worth fixing, because it would be more useful and look better (the dead
> space takes up screen real-estate and makes me sad).

It's a bug in the design of linum-mode: it puts the overlay that
displays the line numbers on the first character of each line.  So
when that first character is not displayed, the overlay is not shown
either.

A possible fix would be to move the overlay to the first visible
character after the horizontal scroll.  Patches welcome.

Thanks.

Message #11 received at 24169 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 24169 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ivan <ivan.brennan <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#24169: 25.1.50;
 Line numbers disappear when horizontally scrolled
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2016 13:52:06 -0400

On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>> From: ivan <ivan.brennan <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2016 12:02:09 -0400
>>
>> Using linum-mode displays line numbers to the left of the left fringe. I would expect them to remain visible
>> regardless of any horizontal scrolling, since that's how the left fringe behaves (not to mention numerous other
>> editors and applications). However, when using line-truncation, the line numbers disappear when the text is
>> horizontally scrolled. I think this is worth fixing, because it would be more useful and look better (the dead
>> space takes up screen real-estate and makes me sad).
>
> It's a bug in the design of linum-mode: it puts the overlay that
> displays the line numbers on the first character of each line.  So
> when that first character is not displayed, the overlay is not shown
> either.
>
> A possible fix would be to move the overlay to the first visible
> character after the horizontal scroll.  Patches welcome.

Wouldn't it be simpler to put the overlay over the whole line, so it
doesn't need to be moved?

Message #14 received at 24169 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: 24169 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ivan.brennan <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#24169: 25.1.50;
 Line numbers disappear when horizontally scrolled
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:09:25 +0300

> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2016 13:52:06 -0400
> Cc: ivan <ivan.brennan <at> gmail.com>, 24169 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Wouldn't it be simpler to put the overlay over the whole line, so it
> doesn't need to be moved?

How do you do that, given that display in the margins is a "replacing"
display: it is done _instead_ of the text covered by the property?
Linum-mode uses a before-string to avoid losing buffer text due to
that, and I don't see how you would do that "over the whole line".  Am
I missing something?

Message #17 received at 24169 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 24169 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ivan <ivan.brennan <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#24169: 25.1.50;
 Line numbers disappear when horizontally scrolled
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2016 14:50:06 -0400

On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 2:09 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> Am I missing something?

Nope, it was me who was missing something. I thought the problem was
scrolling away from the character the overlay covered, but now I see
it's about scrolling away from the character the overlay displays.

Message #20 received at 24169 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: 24169 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ivan.brennan <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#24169: 25.1.50;
 Line numbers disappear when horizontally scrolled
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2016 22:13:41 +0300

> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2016 14:50:06 -0400
> Cc: ivan <ivan.brennan <at> gmail.com>, 24169 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 2:09 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> > Am I missing something?
> 
> Nope, it was me who was missing something. I thought the problem was
> scrolling away from the character the overlay covered, but now I see
> it's about scrolling away from the character the overlay displays.

The linum-mode overlay has a before-string property, whose string has
a display property that displays in the margin.  So the before-string
itself is not displayed, but it must be a before-string, to avoid
affecting the display of buffer text.  The position where the overlay
is set must be visible for this to work.

Message #23 received at 24169 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: ivan <ivan.brennan <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 24169 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24169: 25.1.50; Line numbers disappear when horizontally
 scrolled
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2021 20:44:20 +0100

ivan <ivan.brennan <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Using linum-mode displays line numbers to the left of the left
> fringe. I would expect them to remain visible regardless of any
> horizontal scrolling, since that's how the left fringe behaves (not to
> mention numerous other editors and applications). However, when using
> line-truncation, the line numbers disappear when the text is
> horizontally scrolled. I think this is worth fixing, because it would
> be more useful and look better (the dead space takes up screen
> real-estate and makes me sad).

(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved
at the time.)

In Emacs 26.1, a different line number mode was added (via
`display-line-numbers'), so we're not really fixing glitches like this
in linum-mode, so I'm therefore closing this as a "wontfix".

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

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