GNU bug report logs - #47673
Absurdly long input field in Customize

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Message #30 received at 47673 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: scame <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: "47673 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <47673 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#47673: Absurdly long input field in Customize
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 15:19:01 +0000

>
> > Does this edit buffer need to appear so wide? Can't it be displayed shorter?
>
> It deletes everything up to the end of the line.
>

I checked the code, and from a cursory look the problem seems to be that the :extend property was added to the widget-field face, that's why every field became as wide as the screen, because the newline after the field has this face:

  https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/commit/b5781e63cbe7e4c24e4eea3a400880857348ad19

this was done to fix this bug:

  https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=37774


and apparently no one noticed this change made all customize fields very long.

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