Subject: Re: bug#52183: (29.0.50; Empty space in the mode line if server-mode is active)

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:30:09 +0200

> From: Davide Masserut <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked]
> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 18:52:45 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
> > But that would defeat the purpose of that propertize, I think?  So it
> > isn't the right solution.  And we need to understand the root cause of
> > this anyway, before we devise a solution.  If you did understand it,
> > please describe the details.
> 
> Lars mentioned a bug but I wasn't able to find what he was referring to.
> Can you point me to the discussion about the alleged bug?

Lars meant the problem with putting the min-width display spec on
strings like %p, which generate C strings in the display code, and
therefore cannot affect their display by using the 'display' property.