GNU bug report logs - #6930
24.0.50; (elisp) Layout Parameters: What is ""the standard fringe width"?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:24:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at 6930 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 6930 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6930: 24.0.50;
	(elisp) Layout Parameters: What is ""the standard fringe width"?
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 16:44:14 -0400

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> We speak here of setting the `left-fringe' parameter to nil, and
> calling `set-frame-parameter' or `modify-frame-parameters' passing nil
> for that parameter should, according to the description of those
> functions, set the value to...(drum roll) nil.  But it does not.  In
> fact, fringe params are exceptional.  "Setting" them to nil actually
> sets them to the default width, which is 8.

> Such exceptional behavior needs to be mentioned when documenting these
> fringe params

I have updated the documentation appropriately.  Thanks for the bug
report.
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