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From: Markus Triska <markus.triska@gmx.at>
To: gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org
Subject: bug#1254: 23.0.60; linum-mode display problem with variable-pitch font
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:45:06 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1prlkiv0d.fsf@gmx.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.2269.1225205413.25473.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> in most fonts the widest glyph is pretty hideously wide, so you'd end
> up with margins that are much too wide.

I see; if all text displayed in the margins need to use fixed-width
fonts currently to guarantee that all glyphs are still visible, it seems
it can be done by the engine instead of changing all affected packages.







  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-10-28 15:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-27 21:58 bug#1254: 23.0.60; linum-mode display problem with variable-pitch font Chong Yidong
2008-10-28 12:30 ` Markus Triska
2008-10-28 14:38   ` Stefan Monnier
2008-10-28 17:29     ` Chong Yidong
2008-10-28 17:35       ` Markus Triska
2008-10-28 19:19       ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found]   ` <mailman.2269.1225205413.25473.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-10-28 15:45     ` Markus Triska [this message]
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2008-10-25 19:33 Stephen Berman

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