[Emacs-bug-tracker] bug#6930: closed (24.0.50; (elisp) Layout Parameters: What is ""the standard fringe width"?)

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""the standard fringe width"?
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regarding 24.0.50; (elisp) Layout Parameters: What is ""the standard fringe 
width"?
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> 24.0.50;	(elisp) Layout Parameters: What is ""the standard fringe width"?
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> Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:22:49 -0700
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> The text says this:
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>      The default width of the left and right fringes of windows in this
>      frame (*note Fringes::).  If either of these is zero, that
>      effectively removes the corresponding fringe.  A value of `nil'
>      stands for the standard fringe width, which is the width needed to
>      display the fringe bitmaps.
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> If Lisp code wants to know how wide the left fringe is for a certain
> frame, it can look at the value of parameter `left-fringe' (and at
> variable `fringe-mode').  But if parameter `left-fringe' is nil, then
> the fringe width is what?  It says the width is "the standard fringe
> width".
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> Well, what's that?  "The width needed to display the fringe bitmaps."
> Huh?  And how does it find out how wide that is for the target frame?
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> In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
>  of 2010-08-16 on 3249CTO
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
> configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.4) --no-opt --cflags
> -Ic:/imagesupport/include'
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> Re: bug#6930: 24.0.50;	(elisp) Layout Parameters: What is ""the standard fringe width"?
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> Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:18:14 +0300
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> > From: "Drew Adams" <address@hidden>
> > Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:22:49 -0700
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> > The text says this:
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> >      The default width of the left and right fringes of windows in this
> >      frame (*note Fringes::).  If either of these is zero, that
> >      effectively removes the corresponding fringe.  A value of `nil'
> >      stands for the standard fringe width, which is the width needed to
> >      display the fringe bitmaps.
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> > If Lisp code wants to know how wide the left fringe is for a certain
> > frame, it can look at the value of parameter `left-fringe' (and at
> > variable `fringe-mode').  But if parameter `left-fringe' is nil, then
> > the fringe width is what?
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> This works for me:
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>    (frame-parameter FRAME 'left-fringe) => 8
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> FRAME can be nil, meaning the currently selected frame.
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> Calling frame-parameter is the standard way of accessing values of
> frame parameters.
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> So I'm closing this bug.
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