Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug and the precise symptoms of the bug: Consider the following file with line of exactly 80 columns: $ cat 80columns 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 line 2...01234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 line 3...01234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 $ emacs-23-1 -geometry 80x10 -Q \ --eval "(setq visual-line-fringe-indicators '(left-curly-arrow right-curly-arrow))" 80columns The the buffer is displayed fine: Three lines that fit into 80 columns displayed in 3 "visual lines".