From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#37213: Execute set-window-margins. left-margin-width remains 0. Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2019 15:13:34 +0300 Message-ID: <83v9ud8rdd.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20190828185352.GA4530@ACM> <83r255ayq9.fsf@gnu.org> <20190828195706.GB4530@ACM> <83o908bhh2.fsf@gnu.org> <20190831115911.GC4822@ACM> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="31109"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 37213@debbugs.gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 31 14:14:20 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1i42Gp-0007zA-Nw for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 Aug 2019 14:14:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44650 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1i42Gn-0006w3-Vw for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 Aug 2019 08:14:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49778) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1i42Ga-0006vX-Mg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Aug 2019 08:14:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i42GY-0004c7-Qb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Aug 2019 08:14:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:46247) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i42GY-0004bf-Io for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Aug 2019 08:14:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i42GY-0004xf-CM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Aug 2019 08:14:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2019 12:14:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 37213 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 37213-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B37213.156725363019046 (code B ref 37213); Sat, 31 Aug 2019 12:14:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 37213) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 Aug 2019 12:13:50 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55068 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i42GL-0004x8-V4 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 31 Aug 2019 08:13:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:41245) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i42GK-0004wv-Kq for 37213@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 31 Aug 2019 08:13:48 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:34474) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i42GE-0004MN-4I; Sat, 31 Aug 2019 08:13:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=2033 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1i42GD-0001H4-FS; Sat, 31 Aug 2019 08:13:41 -0400 In-reply-to: <20190831115911.GC4822@ACM> (message from Alan Mackenzie on Sat, 31 Aug 2019 11:59:11 +0000) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:166114 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2019 11:59:11 +0000 > Cc: 37213@debbugs.gnu.org > From: Alan Mackenzie > > 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.