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envelope-from=A.HajiAli@hw.ac.uk; helo=GBR01-LO2-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.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, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 11:29:52 -0500 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:141081 Archived-At: I noticed what I think is strange behaviour with `:align-to` that I am wondering if it's intended and if there's a way of achieving a desired behaviour. To reproduce in an `emacs -Q`, just run this: (progn (toggle-word-wrap +1) (goto-char (point-max)) (insert (concat "\n\n" (make-string (- (window-width) 3) 69) " " (propertize " " 'display `(space :align-to (- right 10))) "After\n\n"))) The word 'After' is not aligned to `(- right 10)` because the text before is too long. Instead "After" is displayed at the beginning of the next line (or broken across two lines if toggle-word-wrap is disabled) and the alignment is ignored. If I execute instead (progn (toggle-word-wrap +1) (goto-char (point-max)) (insert (concat "\n\n" (make-string (window-width) 69) " " (propertize " " 'cursor 1 'display `(space :align-to (- right 10))) "After\n\n"))) the alignment is "correct" on the second line. In both situation, I was intending (and expecting) the word "After" to be on the second line and to be correctly aligned at (- right 10). Is the current behaviour intended? Is there a way to achieve my desired behaviour? I could of course add spaces before the right-aligned text, but then if more text is added I would need to adjust the spaces dynamically which is less-than-ideal. -- Al ________________________________ Heriot-Watt University was founded in 1821 and is a registered Scottish charity (SC000278).