bug#7123: closed (Re: bug#7123: 23.2; large blank left margin with variable-width font)

[Glenn Morris]

Bill Richter wrote:

> Why don't you have a tar.gz file?

A combination of lack of demand for development snapshots, and lack of
a volunteer to make them.

The relevant patch looks simple, if you want to try applying it to
stock Emacs 23.2. (I have not tested that.)

*** src/xfont.c 2010-01-13 08:35:10 +0000
--- src/xfont.c 2010-09-29 00:52:03 +0000
***************
*** 861,867 ****
  
        val = Ffont_get (font_object, QCavgwidth);
        if (INTEGERP (val))
!       font->average_width = XINT (val);
        if (font->average_width < 0)
        font->average_width = - font->average_width;
        if (font->average_width == 0
--- 861,867 ----
  
        val = Ffont_get (font_object, QCavgwidth);
        if (INTEGERP (val))
!       font->average_width = XINT (val) / 10;
        if (font->average_width < 0)
        font->average_width = - font->average_width;
        if (font->average_width == 0

> BTW is RMS still active in the Emacs biz?

Peripherally the last few years, but it could always change again in
future.