From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18793: 24.4; zero width rectangular selection displaces text Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:29:30 -0400 Message-ID: References: <82ppdk41k5.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1413999036 27466 80.91.229.3 (22 Oct 2014 17:30:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 17:30:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 18793@debbugs.gnu.org To: Carlos Pita Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 22 19:30:29 2014 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 1Xgzjw-0002ce-Tk for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2014 19:30:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59344 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xgzjw-0001uC-ED for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:30:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42656) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xgzjk-0001ef-30 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:30:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XgzjY-0004Ya-Nj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:30:16 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:39805) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XgzjY-0004WW-Hx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:30:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XgzjX-0005bH-RU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:30:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 17:30:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18793 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 18793-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18793.141399897921466 (code B ref 18793); Wed, 22 Oct 2014 17:30:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18793) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Oct 2014 17:29:39 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60135 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xgzj9-0005a9-4t for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:29:39 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:37075) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xgzj7-0005Zx-9O for 18793@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:29:37 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ArUGAIDvNVNFpY87/2dsb2JhbABZgwaDSsA9gRcXdIIlAQEBAQIBViMFCws0EhQYDSSIBAjSGReOF2MHhDgEqRmBaoNMIQ X-IPAS-Result: ArUGAIDvNVNFpY87/2dsb2JhbABZgwaDSsA9gRcXdIIlAQEBAQIBViMFCws0EhQYDSSIBAjSGReOF2MHhDgEqRmBaoNMIQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.97,753,1389762000"; d="scan'208";a="94848695" Original-Received: from 69-165-143-59.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.165.143.59]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 22 Oct 2014 13:29:31 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id D3DD243C4; Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:29:30 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <82ppdk41k5.fsf@gmail.com> (Carlos Pita's message of "Wed, 22 Oct 2014 11:32:58 -0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:94931 > Text looks like jelly, doesn't it? I understand that having a visual > indicator of the empty selection is a good thing but what about the > following alternatives: Using the fringe is kind of problematic since the fringe may not be displayed, and it also mean it's displayed "elsewhere", which is less convenient. Keeping the thin line is an alternative I hadn't considered, since I think this thin line is a problem. But indeed maybe the movement is worse than the thin line itself, so maybe keeping the thin line is a better option. FWIW, I think the better option is to provide a way to draw a thin line that does not shift the rest of the text. But I think that requires changes in the redisplay code. Stefan