bug#23755: 25.0.95; Emacs 25.0.95 Line number is in fringe

[James Nguyen <ja.nguyen@gmail.com>]

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I realize that the emacs -Q wouldn't be effective since the line number is
in the middle of the mode line. With that package installed and used, the
line number gets moved to the far left towards the left fringe.

On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 9:00 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> > Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 22:50:37 +0100
> > From: Alan Third <alan@idiocy.org>
> > Cc: James Nguyen <ja.nguyen@gmail.com>, 23755@debbugs.gnu.org
> >
> > I've attached a screenshot from the movie.
>
> Thanks.
>
> > It looks like there's some custom modeline stuff going on that draws
> > the line-number at the extreme left. If the number gets large enough
> > it overflows into the fringe where it's then left because that
> > particular part rarely gets redrawn.
>
> There's no fringe on the mode line.  The mode line is drawn to the
> full width of the window, so the fringe is not relevant to it.
>
> > It looks to me like there are two problems:
> >
> >  1. Whatever is writing the number shouldn't be trying to draw that
> >     far left.
>
> Not sure I agree, see above.  I just don't understand what is drawn
> there: is it "4:25"? or is the "4:" part a left-over from previous
> redisplay?
>
> It would still be useful to have a recipe starting with "emacs -Q",
> the OP promised to try to provide that.
>



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James N.

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