bug#17612: 24.3; Negative :box line-width still affects width

bug#17612: 24.3; Negative :box line-width still affects width

[Patrick Hurst]

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According to the documentation, setting the :line-width attribute on a
face to a negative value 'avoid[s] any increase in the character height
or width'. However, when I set it it does increase the width as if the
value were positive.

To replicate: open a new .org file, type in "* TODO Foo" and execute

(set-face-attribute 'org-todo nil :box '(:line-width 4))
(set-face-attribute 'org-todo nil :box '(:line-width -4))

Note that the "Foo" doesn't move, implying that the width of the "TODO"
doesn't change.

In GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin13.2.0, NS apple-appkit-1265.20)
 of 2014-05-24 on senator-armstrong
Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.1265
Configured using:
 `configure '--prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/emacs/24.3' '--without-dbus'
 '--enable-locallisppath=/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp'
 '--infodir=/usr/local/Cellar/emacs/24.3/share/info/emacs'
 '--without-gnutls' '--with-ns' '--disable-ns-self-contained'
 'CC=clang''

Important settings:
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Org

Minor modes in effect:
  org-indent-mode: t
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  global-undo-tree-mode: t
  undo-tree-mode: t
  projectile-global-mode: t
  projectile-mode: t
  ido-ubiquitous-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  visual-line-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

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bug#17612: 24.3; Negative :box line-width still affects width

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Patrick Hurst <phurst@mit.edu>
> Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 16:31:02 -0400
> 
> According to the documentation, setting the :line-width attribute on a
> face to a negative value 'avoid[s] any increase in the character height
> or width'. However, when I set it it does increase the width as if the
> value were positive.
> 
> To replicate: open a new .org file, type in "* TODO Foo" and execute
> 
> (set-face-attribute 'org-todo nil :box '(:line-width 4))
> (set-face-attribute 'org-todo nil :box '(:line-width -4))
> 
> Note that the "Foo" doesn't move, implying that the width of the "TODO"
> doesn't change.

This is bug #13011.  See there for the discussion of why the code was
written to behave like that, and some situations where what you expect
has unpleasant side effects.