GNU bug report logs - #79222
[PATCH] Fix fringe test in 'diff--font-lock-prettify'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: john muhl <jm <at> pub.pink>

Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 05:05:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

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Message #10 received at 79222-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: john muhl <jm <at> pub.pink>
Cc: 79222-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#79222: [PATCH] Fix fringe test in 'diff--font-lock-prettify'
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2025 05:02:18 -0400
Thank John!

Pushed to `master`.
I added a comment about the "wasted" 4-element list that's constructed
by `window-fringes`, but not before having noticed that
`frame-parameter` was even worse.


        Stefan


john muhl [2025-08-12 00:03:35] wrote:
> With diff-font-lock-prettify enabled opening a diff (or having Gnus try
> to render one, &c) in a tty frame causes an error since 'left-fringe is
> nil in that case.
>
>   emacs -Q -nw -eval "(setopt diff-font-lock-prettify t)" some.diff
>
> From 50314aaae7287b03754315a5ad7aa922c417cdb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: john muhl <jm <at> pub.pink>
> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:43:20 -0500
> Subject: [PATCH] Fix fringe width test in 'diff--font-lock-prettify'
>
> * lisp/vc/diff-mode.el (diff--font-lock-prettify):
> Use 'window-fringes' instead of the 'left-fringe' frame parameter
> since the former returns an integer on both GUI and TTY frames.
> ---
>  lisp/vc/diff-mode.el | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/lisp/vc/diff-mode.el b/lisp/vc/diff-mode.el
> index 31a505f19be..df72cecb749 100644
> --- a/lisp/vc/diff-mode.el
> +++ b/lisp/vc/diff-mode.el
> @@ -2949,7 +2949,7 @@ 'diff-fringe-nul
>  
>  (defun diff--font-lock-prettify (limit)
>    (when diff-font-lock-prettify
> -    (when (> (frame-parameter nil 'left-fringe) 0)
> +    (when (> (car (window-fringes)) 0)
>        (save-excursion
>          ;; FIXME: Include the first space for context-style hunks!
>          (while (re-search-forward "^[-+! ]" limit t)





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