GNU bug report logs - #7123
23.2; large blank left margin with variable-width font

unarchive 7123

From: Bill Richter <richter <at> math.northwestern.edu>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.2; large blank left margin with variable-width font
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:42:17 -0500

In GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.10.4)
 of 2010-09-28 on poisson.math.northwestern.edu
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.70101000
configured using `configure  '--with-xpm=no' '--with-jpeg=no' '--with-gif=no' '--with-tiff=no' '--prefix=/rhome/2/richter/gnu''

I just made emacs in dir emacs-23.2 on Scientific Linux, and typed 

src/emacs -Q -fn -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--24-240-75-75-p-130-iso8859-1 &

There is a large blank left margin no matter what buffer I am editing.
Right now it comes out as far as the 2nd u in 
U:** - *mail to bUg-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org*:
 in the minibuffer.

My experiments indicate that this bug occurs with any variable-width
font, and it never happens with a fixed-width font.

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 7123 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7123: 23.2; large blank left margin with variable-width font
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:23:01 -0400

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This happens for me too on Scientific Linux 5.5, with both the current
emacs-23 branch and trunk. An image of

emacs-23.2 -Q -fn '-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1'

is attached. The frame is also very wide.

In GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.10.4)
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.70101000

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From: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 7123 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7123: 23.2; large blank left margin with variable-width font
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:53:35 +0900

In article <ycr5gdsbai.fsf <at> fencepost.gnu.org>, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> --=-=-=
> This happens for me too on Scientific Linux 5.5, with both the current
> emacs-23 branch and trunk. An image of

> emacs-23.2 -Q -fn '-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1'

> is attached. The frame is also very wide.

I've just installed a fix in emacs-23 branch.  Please try
again.

---
Kenichi Handa
handa <at> m17n.org

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org>
Cc: 7123-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7123: 23.2; large blank left margin with variable-width font
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:29:17 -0400

Version: 23.3
stop

Kenichi Handa wrote:

> I've just installed a fix in emacs-23 branch.  Please try again.

Works for me, thaks.

From: Bill Richter <richter <at> math.northwestern.edu>
To: 7123 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7123: closed (Re: bug#7123: 23.2; large blank left margin
	with variable-width font)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:27:30 -0500

Hi, can you tell me how to install the fixed new version?  Or when the
next official release will be?

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   Your bug report

   #7123: 23.2; large blank left margin with variable-width font

   which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

   The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
   If you require more details, please reply to 7123 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

   Kenichi Handa wrote:

   > I've just installed a fix in emacs-23 branch.  Please try again.

   Works for me, thaks.

   I just made emacs in dir emacs-23.2 on Scientific Linux, and typed 

   src/emacs -Q -fn -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--24-240-75-75-p-130-iso8859-1 &

   There is a large blank left margin no matter what buffer I am editing.
   Right now it comes out as far as the 2nd u in 
   U:** - *mail to bUg-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org*:
    in the minibuffer.

   My experiments indicate that this bug occurs with any variable-width
   font, and it never happens with a fixed-width font.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Bill Richter <richter <at> math.northwestern.edu>
Cc: 7123 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7123: closed (Re: bug#7123: 23.2;
	large blank left margin with variable-width font)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:58:51 -0400

Bill Richter wrote:

> Hi, can you tell me how to install the fixed new version? 

bzr branch http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/r/emacs/emacs-23

> Or when the next official release will be?

Sorry, no idea.

From: Bill Richter <richter <at> math.northwestern.edu>
To: rgm <at> gnu.org
Cc: 7123 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7123: closed (Re: bug#7123: 23.2;
	large blank left margin with variable-width font)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:44:04 -0500

   > Hi, can you tell me how to install the fixed new version? 

   bzr branch http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/r/emacs/emacs-23

   > Or when the next official release will be?

   Sorry, no idea.

Thanks, Glenn.  I did a lot of Emacs bug testing years ago, on Suns,
and I'm not that good at Linux and I'm out of it.  I'll build the
fixed new version if you give me more information.  I went to the your
web site & learned only that it involved bazaar.

When & where are the new versions announced?

-- 
Best,
Bill 

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Bill Richter <richter <at> math.northwestern.edu>
Cc: 7123 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7123: closed (Re: bug#7123: 23.2;
	large blank left margin with variable-width font)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:33:36 -0400

Bill Richter wrote:

> I'll build the fixed new version if you give me more information. I
> went to the your web site & learned only that it involved bazaar.

1) Install the bzr utility from http://bazaar.canonical.com .

Eg on Scientific Linux you can use

yum --enablerepo=dag install bzr

or you can build from source using

python setup.py install --prefix=/wherever/you/like

2) Run the command

bzr branch http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/r/emacs/emacs-23

to fetch the sources.

3) configure, make, etc

> When & where are the new versions announced?

http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu-emacs

From: Bill Richter <richter <at> math.northwestern.edu>
To: rgm <at> gnu.org
Cc: 7123 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7123: closed (Re: bug#7123: 23.2;
	large blank left margin with variable-width font)
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 13:56:20 -0500

Thanks, Glenn.  I failed to install bzr using python & the source
bzr-2.3b1.tar.gz.  The only thing that will work is a bzr rpm that I
can install by
rpm -ihv 
as I'm working on a machine without net access, so I can't e.g. do 
yum --enablerepo=dag install bzr

   http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu-emacs

Thanks, I signed up.

-- 
Best,
Bill 

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Bill Richter <richter <at> math.northwestern.edu>
Cc: 7123 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7123: closed (Re: bug#7123: 23.2;
	large blank left margin with variable-width font)
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:41:25 -0400

Bill Richter wrote:

> as I'm working on a machine without net access, so I can't e.g. do 
> yum --enablerepo=dag install bzr

Err, if you don't have net access, you won't be able to retrieve the
sources with bzr even if you do install it. You should probably just
wait for 23.3.

From: Bill Richter <richter <at> math.northwestern.edu>
To: rgm <at> gnu.org
Cc: 7123 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7123: closed (Re: bug#7123: 23.2;
	large blank left margin with variable-width font)
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 20:56:20 -0500

   Err, if you don't have net access, you won't be able to retrieve
   the sources with bzr even if you do install it.

I realized that after I wrote, Glenn.  Why don't you have a tar.gz
file?  BTW is RMS still active in the Emacs biz?

-- 
Best,
Bill 

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Bill Richter <richter <at> math.northwestern.edu>
Cc: 7123 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7123: closed (Re: bug#7123: 23.2;
	large blank left margin with variable-width font)
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2010 20:38:26 -0400

Bill Richter wrote:

> Why don't you have a tar.gz file?

A combination of lack of demand for development snapshots, and lack of
a volunteer to make them.

The relevant patch looks simple, if you want to try applying it to
stock Emacs 23.2. (I have not tested that.)

*** src/xfont.c	2010-01-13 08:35:10 +0000
--- src/xfont.c	2010-09-29 00:52:03 +0000
***************
*** 861,867 ****

        val = Ffont_get (font_object, QCavgwidth);
        if (INTEGERP (val))
! 	font->average_width = XINT (val);
        if (font->average_width < 0)
  	font->average_width = - font->average_width;
        if (font->average_width == 0
--- 861,867 ----

        val = Ffont_get (font_object, QCavgwidth);
        if (INTEGERP (val))
! 	font->average_width = XINT (val) / 10;
        if (font->average_width < 0)
  	font->average_width = - font->average_width;
        if (font->average_width == 0

> BTW is RMS still active in the Emacs biz?

Peripherally the last few years, but it could always change again in
future.

From: David De La Harpe Golden <david <at> harpegolden.net>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Bill Richter <richter <at> math.northwestern.edu>, 7123 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7123: closed (Re: bug#7123: 23.2;	large blank left margin
	with variable-width font)
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2010 02:32:28 +0100

On 03/10/10 01:38, Glenn Morris wrote:
> Bill Richter wrote:
>
>> Why don't you have a tar.gz file?
>
> A combination of lack of demand for development snapshots, and lack of
> a volunteer to make them.

Well, raw unstable dev snapshot tarballs are often just automagically 
handled by web frontend interfaces to VCS, human intervention not 
required, server just tars up an export of a revision from the repo.

Okay, apparently /not/ in the case of bzr on savannah - and n.b. the 
functionality is still lacking from launchpad/loggerhead upstream [1] 
(oddly), so reenabling the apparently disabled loggerhead on savannah 
wouldn't help.

However, circuitously, the web frontend to an unofficial import of emacs 
into git does happen to make them [2][3]

*** Of course, _don't_ use such a snapshot unless you're prepared for 
development code that might eat your socks or worse.

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/loggerhead/+bug/240580

[2] http://repo.or.cz/w/emacs.git/tree
[3] http://repo.or.cz/w/emacs.git/snapshot/HEAD.tar.gz

From: Bill Richter <richter <at> math.northwestern.edu>
To: rgm <at> gnu.org
Cc: 7123 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7123: closed (Re: bug#7123: 23.2;
	large blank left margin with variable-width font)
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 20:41:30 -0500

Glenn, thanks for the src/xfont.c.  It works fine!  

-- 
Best,
Bill 

GNU bug report logs - #7123 23.2; large blank left margin with variable-width font

GNU bug report logs - #7123
23.2; large blank left margin with variable-width font