From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
Cc: 75352@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#75352: 29.4; end-of-buffer is buggy after set-mark-command with some fonts
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:15:47 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86wmf85bi4.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250105225526.GA2577744@qaa.vinc17.org> (message from Vincent Lefevre on Sun, 5 Jan 2025 23:55:26 +0100)
> Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2025 23:55:26 +0100
> From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
> Cc: 75352@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > > The main problem is not a display problem, but the fact that the
> > > cursor (point) is not at the end of the buffer.
> >
> > My point is that M-> doesn't guarantee that.
>
> For the end user, this is very surprising (even with strange font
> settings, something that is not documented, AFAIK, and for which
> one gets no errors or warnings).
Supporting variable-height lines of text comes with rare situations
where this is necessary.
> > And yes, if the font changes, what was inside the viewport can become
> > outside, and that could cause Emacs move point.
>
> IMHO, in such a case (when used with end-of-buffer), Emacs should scroll,
> keeping the point position.
It tries, but that is not always possible.
Anyway, to look into this further, I need a recipe that will reproduce
the problem with fonts I can install. Until now, I was unable to see
anything like you describe, and I'm not on Debian to begin with.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-01-06 13:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-01-04 14:11 bug#75352: 29.4; end-of-buffer is buggy after set-mark-command with some fonts Vincent Lefevre
2025-01-04 14:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2025-01-04 14:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2025-01-04 19:25 ` Vincent Lefevre
2025-01-04 20:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2025-01-05 22:55 ` Vincent Lefevre
2025-01-06 13:15 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2025-01-06 13:51 ` Vincent Lefevre
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