GNU bug report logs - #31717
26.1; display-line-numbers-mode enlarges indicator without need

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Message #27 received at 31717-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Carlos Pita <carlosjosepita <at> gmail.com>, 31717-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31717: 26.1; display-line-numbers-mode enlarges indicator
 without need
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2019 22:39:47 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> tags 31717 notabug
> thanks
>
>> From: Carlos Pita <carlosjosepita <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 00:30:10 -0300
>
> (Sorry for a longish response, but you raise design and implementation
> issues which cannot be explained without some non-trivial background.)
>
>> When transitioning from line 69 to line 70 a new column is added to the
>> left of the indicator as if there was a need to fit three digits despite
>> that the file has less than 100 lines and despite that if it were larger
>> line 100 would fall out of the window.
>
> Right, this is the intended behavior, and there are good reasons for
> it.  See below.

This was tagged notabug since the observed behaviour was intentional.
I'm therefore also closing it now.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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