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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
Cc: 37213@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37213: Execute set-window-margins.  left-margin-width remains 0.
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2019 15:13:34 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83v9ud8rdd.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190831115911.GC4822@ACM> (message from Alan Mackenzie on Sat,  31 Aug 2019 11:59:11 +0000)

> Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2019 11:59:11 +0000
> Cc: 37213@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
> 
> How about the following, purely pragmatic, patch?
> 
> 
> diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi
> index 7c0a56dcad..428fe9595a 100644
> --- a/doc/lispref/display.texi
> +++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi
> @@ -5016,7 +5016,9 @@ Display Margins
>    Setting these variables does not immediately affect the window.  These
>  variables are checked when a new buffer is displayed in the window.
>  Thus, you can make changes take effect by calling
> -@code{set-window-buffer}.
> +@code{set-window-buffer}.  Do not use these variables to try to
> +determine the current width of the left or right margin.  Instead, use
> +the function @code{window-margins}.
>  
>    You can also set the margin widths immediately.

Fine with me, thanks.





  reply	other threads:[~2019-08-31 12:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-08-28 18:53 bug#37213: Execute set-window-margins. left-margin-width remains 0 Alan Mackenzie
2019-08-28 19:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-08-28 19:57   ` Alan Mackenzie
2019-08-29  6:42     ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-08-31 11:59       ` Alan Mackenzie
2019-08-31 12:13         ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2019-08-29  7:46     ` martin rudalics
2019-08-31 14:07       ` Alan Mackenzie
2019-09-01  8:26         ` martin rudalics
2019-09-01  9:48           ` Alan Mackenzie
2019-09-01 12:19             ` martin rudalics
2019-09-01 12:42               ` Alan Mackenzie
2019-08-29  7:46 ` martin rudalics
     [not found] ` <handler.37213.B.156701844019660.ack@debbugs.gnu.org>
2019-08-31 14:39   ` Alan Mackenzie

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