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29.2; Isearch help icon has inconsistent size
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My issue seems to be the same as
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=23847#31.
The whole thread is interesting.
Sergio
On 29/02/2024 18:42, Juri Linkov wrote:
>> When you press CTRL+s, I-search is activated, that provides a custom
>> toolbar with dedicated icons and lets one enter what to search in the
>> mode line.
>>
>> Unfortunately, in the toolbar there is a help icon, shaped as a life
>> buoy, that is too big or at least inconsistently big wrt the other icons.
>> As a consequence, when I-search is activated the emacs windows
>> becomes bigger to accomodate space for the taller toolbar.
>>
>> Not only having the window changing its size causes some inconvenience
>> because the text you are trying to focus on moves up and down. There is
>> a major problem if the emacs window is already vertically maximized
>> before you start searching. In fact, in this case there is no space for
>> the window to grow. As a consequence, the mode line goes out of the
>> screen and you cannot use it to search!
>
> This behavior is system-dependent. For example,
> I can't reproduce it on these configurations:
>
> GNU Emacs 29.1.90 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu,
> cairo version 1.16.0)
>
> GNU Emacs 30.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit,
> cairo version 1.16.0, Xaw3d scroll bars)
>
> GNU Emacs 30.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.20,
> cairo version 1.16.0)
>
> Strange, the last is similar to your configuration:
>
>> In GNU Emacs 29.2 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.40,
>> cairo version 1.18.0)
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