From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/42261 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Daniel Pittman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: [Fixed] uneven summary lines Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 11:16:42 +1100 Organization: Not today, thank you, Mother. Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <874rlhswph.fsf@inanna.rimspace.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035177523 10378 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 05:18:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 05:18:43 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 9690 invoked from network); 20 Jan 2002 00:17:43 -0000 Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu (mail@129.7.128.13) by mastaler.com with SMTP; 20 Jan 2002 00:17:43 -0000 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 16S5fo-0003rH-00; Sat, 19 Jan 2002 18:17:24 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Sat, 19 Jan 2002 18:17:17 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA20326 for ; Sat, 19 Jan 2002 18:17:07 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 9685 invoked by alias); 20 Jan 2002 00:17:07 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 9680 invoked from network); 20 Jan 2002 00:17:06 -0000 Original-Received: from melancholia.rimspace.net (HELO melancholia.danann.net) (210.23.138.19) by gnus.org with SMTP; 20 Jan 2002 00:17:06 -0000 Original-Received: from localhost (melancholia.rimspace.net [210.23.138.19]) by melancholia.danann.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A51402A812 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 11:16:50 +1100 (EST) Original-Received: by localhost (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 84CE48204E; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 11:16:42 +1100 (EST) Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sat, 19 Jan 2002 22:26:59 +0100") Original-Lines: 30 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090005 (Oort Gnus v0.05) XEmacs/21.5 (bamboo, i686-pc-linux) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:42261 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:42261 On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen wrote: > Katsumi Yamaoka writes: > >> By the way, why is the default value of >> `gnus-use-correct-string-widths' t only for XEmacs? >> The value t is fit for me irrespective of the Emacs version, and >> nil is fit for people irrespective of the Emacs version, either. > > I thought what we were trying to fix with > `gnus-use-correct-string-widths' was the tendency of `format' under > Emacs and XEmacs to return different lengths. [...] > However, there may be other subtle issues in the gnus-spec code that > introduces other problems that `gnus-use-correct-string-widths' fixes, > but my feeling is that these problems are probably bugs in Gnus in the > Emacs case... My recollection, and why the code got written initially, was the incorrect width used for `cut' forms, pretty much, and for padding in the summary buffer. Daniel -- One likes to believe in the freedom of music, But glittering prizes and endless compromises Shatter the illusion of integrity. -- Rush, _The Spirit of Radio_, 1980