How to keep window margins after switching buffers?

How to keep window margins after switching buffers?

[Jean Louis]

I have rather aesthetical need to have window margins, I use it as: 

(set-window-margins (get-buffer-window) 10 10)

But when I switch to other buffer and come back margins disappea.

Would there any way to keep margins for specific buffer even after
switching?

Jean

Re: How to keep window margins after switching buffers?

[martin rudalics]

 > I have rather aesthetical need to have window margins, I use it as:
 >
 > (set-window-margins (get-buffer-window) 10 10)
 >
 > But when I switch to other buffer and come back margins disappea.
 >
 > Would there any way to keep margins for specific buffer even after
 > switching?

I suppose you want to set `left-margin-width' and `right-margin-width'
for that buffer instead.

martin

Re: How to keep window margins after switching buffers?

[Jean Louis]

* martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at> [2021-04-25 20:12]:
> > I have rather aesthetical need to have window margins, I use it as:
> >
> > (set-window-margins (get-buffer-window) 10 10)
> >
> > But when I switch to other buffer and come back margins disappea.
> >
> > Would there any way to keep margins for specific buffer even after
> > switching?
> 
> I suppose you want to set `left-margin-width' and `right-margin-width'
> for that buffer instead.

That is right, thanks. I was setting that one in expectation it will
automatically resize margins. I see that I have to use both
set-window-margins and then also those variables for it to persist.

-- 
Jean

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