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#27427
26.0.50; Native line numbers lead to display error in company-mode popup
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Reported by: Alexander Miller <alexanderm <at> web.de>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 16:51:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Found in version 26.0.50
Done: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Message #86 received at 27427 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
On 6/25/17 5:54 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> I think I mentioned left-truncation glyphs, so horizontally scrolling
> a line should cause them to appear.
They are shown on all lines at the same time, and
(car (posn-col-row (posn-at-point)))
returns 0 in the first visible column when horizontally scrolled.
IOW, I don't see any problems when horizontally scrolled either.
>> And I think it's aesthetically important that the extra glyphs don't
>> shift line text to the right unless absolutely necessary, so those
>> issues don't materialize.
>
> That cannot be done in all cases.
No argument here. And there are other known issues with the popup anyway.
My point is, however, is that you've created a new kind of window area
that can only used by the native line numbers, and no other features or
packages. This seems not so great to me.
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