From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: any way to get white margin around text? Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2020 22:25:00 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87blej6nkk.fsf@omarpolo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="22203"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0 (3d08634) (2020-11-07) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 24 20:30:09 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ksWJN-0005eC-0o for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 24 Dec 2020 20:30:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55888 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ksWJM-0008MY-3V for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 24 Dec 2020 14:30:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37312) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ksWIz-0008MC-W7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Dec 2020 14:29:46 -0500 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:44467) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ksWIx-0008Vf-Uh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Dec 2020 14:29:45 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:41.202.241.37]) (AUTH: PLAIN securesender, TLS: TLS1.2,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 000000000009BC1A.000000005FE4EC24.0000293C; Thu, 24 Dec 2020 12:29:40 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87blej6nkk.fsf@omarpolo.com> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:126753 Archived-At: * Omar Polo [2020-12-24 21:56]: > > Jean Louis writes: > > > I would like to get margin around the text, let us say 2 lines from > > top and 4 columns from the left side. The marging should not be > > indentation or something that is part of text, but rather only visual. > > > > The command `set-left-margin' does not do what I mean, it sets margin > > but is part of the text. I just would like it visually separated form > > the window borders to gain better nicer note display. > > set-window-margin should do what you're saying. For instance > > (set-window-margin (get-buffer-window) 4 4) > > will set the borders on both sides to 4 columns, without affecting the > buffer content. The fringe will be between the margin and the buffer > content though. > > (I've never used this function directly before, I've found it now by > inspecting the olivetti-mode implementation) Thank you, I have made now this: (defun rcd-word-processing () "Sets margins around `fill-column' and invokes `ruler-mode'" (interactive) (let ((fill-column (or fill-column 70)) (width (window-total-width))) (when (> width fill-column) (let* ((left (/ (- width fill-column) 2)) (right (- width left fill-column))) (set-window-margins (get-buffer-window) left right))) (ruler-mode))) That is already good, although the top display margin I still do not know how to set but is not important. The above function is not handling zooming and set-fill-column automatically. It is still more enjoyable with margins. And if I could now use margins for some reference lists, click and insert...