From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Paul Rankin <hello@paulwrankin.com>
Cc: 28855@debbugs.gnu.org, dgutov@yandex.ru
Subject: bug#28855: 26.0.90; display-line-numbers-mode does not respect (line|wrap)-prefix '(space :align-to N) text property
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 08:49:12 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B9BF5B2-3C1C-4036-B0E3-E8BD76846A4D@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1508214738.649851.1141178416.2406474A@webmail.messagingengine.com>
On October 17, 2017 7:32:18 AM GMT+03:00, Paul Rankin <hello@paulwrankin.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Oct 2017, at 02:04 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > :align-to does align to its value, it just doesn't currently
> update it
> > > to account for the space taken by line numbers.
>
> Justifying a bug doesn’t fix it.
>
> > > It's clear that the change I have in mind will solve your specific
> > > problem, I just want to hear from others whether it could harm
> > > something.
> >
> > Btw, in case it wasn't clear: a solution for this is already
> available --
> > use line-number-display-width when computing the value of :align-to.
> > Like tabulated-list-mode already does.
> >
> > I'm just trying to establish if a more convenient solution could be
> possible.
>
> Further to the cited discussion, if taken to its logical conclusions,
> this approach reaches a point of absurdity, e.g.
>
> Three lines with respective :align-to property values of 0, 2 and 4
> should appear like this:
>
> foo
> bar
> baz
>
> However what we get when these lines occur at line 1000 with
> display-line-numbers-mode enabled is:
>
> 1000 foo
> 1001 bar
> 1002 baz
>
> Or, given that the line numbers take up a width of 4 characters, and
> we don’t account for this width, then logically do we now truncate the
> leading 4 and 2 characters....?
>
> 1000
> 1001 r
> 1002 baz
Not sure what is alluded to as "this approach".
My last point is that instead of 0, 2, and 4, you can use those values plus what
line-number-display-width returns, and then you will have your expected
result.
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Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-16 3:38 bug#28855: 26.0.90; display-line-numbers-mode does not respect (line|wrap)-prefix '(space :align-to N) text property Paul Rankin
2017-10-16 16:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-17 0:47 ` Paul Rankin
2017-10-17 2:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-17 4:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-17 4:32 ` Paul Rankin
2017-10-17 5:49 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2017-10-17 7:17 ` Paul Rankin
2017-10-18 9:29 ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-10-18 16:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-18 17:44 ` martin rudalics
2017-10-18 17:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-20 9:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-18 18:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-18 18:34 ` martin rudalics
2017-10-18 18:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-18 23:58 ` Alex
2017-10-19 3:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-19 5:54 ` Alex
2017-10-20 7:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-18 22:52 ` Dmitry Gutov
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