GNU bug report logs - #34476
fluffy whitespace in the mode-line, despite it running off the screen

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Packages: gnus, emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 13:53:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Found in version 5.13

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #120 received at 34476 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: contovob <at> tcd.ie, 34476 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34476: fluffy whitespace in the mode-line, despite it running
 off the screen
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2020 18:04:50 +0100

> The function display_mode_line doesn't produce the updated mode-line
> contents for the selected window, it produces it for the window passed
> as its first argument W.  So instead of this:
>
> 	  && window_body_width (XWINDOW (selected_window), false) >=
>
> I think you should use this:
>
> 	  && window_body_width (w, false) >=

Better

          && WINDOW_TOTAL_COLS (w) >=

because the mode line covers the entire width of the window (think of
those people using extra large margins).

martin
This bug report was last modified 4 years and 140 days ago.

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