GNU bug report logs - #32950
27.0.50; Strange display bug in *Help* buffer

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>

Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 18:53:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 27.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 32950 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>
Subject: bug#32950: 27.0.50; Strange display bug in *Help* buffer
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2021 02:16:12 +0100

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> See the attached screenshot.

Hm, very odd.  It's supposed to use a `window-width's worth of dashes on
TUI, and it seems to be overshooting that significantly?  Do you have a
recipe to reproduce the bug (starting from emacs -Q)?

>> Yes, it looks better in TUI Emacs (but I prefer the 'C-h b' one in GUI
>> Emacs).  But the point movement is really jarring (in both GUI and TUI),
>> so overall I think the 'C-h b' one wins.  😀
>
> Hmm, the `C-h b' one looks better here in both GUI and terminal.
> Are you sure you used the same set of eyes as I did?

It's possible not.

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