From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15375: 24.3.50; Elisp manual: mention what units are used for window margin functions Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 08:18:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <56620f72-f813-4a5b-b6bc-3b543ebb8e50@default> References: <> <<8361u3hhwn.fsf@gnu.org>> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1379171961 25125 80.91.229.3 (14 Sep 2013 15:19:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 15:19:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 15375@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii , Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 14 17:19:22 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VKrd4-0001F8-Je for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 17:19:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53708 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VKrd4-0003xC-5B for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:19:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44915) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VKrct-0003vu-2g for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:19:19 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VKrck-0005Uy-GG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:19:11 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:56713) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VKrck-0005Uu-CW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:19:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VKrcj-0007zE-Pn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:19:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 15:19:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15375 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 15375-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15375.137917192930681 (code B ref 15375); Sat, 14 Sep 2013 15:19:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15375) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Sep 2013 15:18:49 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36773 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VKrcW-0007yl-4o for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:18:48 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:48353) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VKrcU-0007yW-CF for 15375@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:18:46 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet22.oracle.com (acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1) with ESMTP id r8EFIdZ9005795 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 14 Sep 2013 15:18:40 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7021.oracle.com (aserz7021.oracle.com [141.146.126.230]) by acsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r8EFId7B006426 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 14 Sep 2013 15:18:39 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt118.oracle.com (abhmt118.oracle.com [141.146.116.70]) by aserz7021.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r8EFIc0J025840; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 15:18:38 GMT In-Reply-To: <<8361u3hhwn.fsf@gnu.org>> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6680.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:78402 Archived-At: > > (elisp) `Display Margins` talks a lot about window margins, but AFAICT > > it never once says which units are used for the functions and variables > > described there. I'm guessing the unit is `frame-char-width', but Emac= s > > should tell us explicitly here. >=20 > The units are character cells (a.k.a. "columns"). >=20 > I fixed this in trunk revision 114279. >=20 > > Moreover, we don't even tell users what a nil value means, as opposed > > to a whole number. > > > > For example, right now, `M-: (window-margins)' returns `(nil)' for me, > > which corresponds to both LEFT and RIGHT being nil. What does a nil > > value mean for each of these? >=20 > Fixed that as well. Thanks. Do you want me to close the bug, or do you want to? (Dunno whether you wanted to keep it open for some reason.)