Re: vertical bar between windows disrupts my view

[Kim F. Storm]

Joe Corneli <address@hidden> writes:

> I'm writing this message with my screen split in two vertically;
(I suppose you mean horisontally, ie side by side)
> there are two windows on the screen.  The mail buffer is in the one
> on the right.
> 
> The problem that I'm experiencing is that the one-pixel-wide white
> line that demarcates the border between the right-hand window and
> the lefthand window actually takes up the first column of pixels in
> the right-hand window.  So, for example, if I 

So you have switched off the fringes -- normally that pixel is
"stolen" from the left fringe.

> It seems that there should be one more pixel of padding in the
> window on the right of a vertically split screen.
> 

The problem is that emacs calculate widths in "columns" rather than
pixels, so when you split things horisontally, you need to steal
that pixel somewhere ...   

I have an idea that it could be taken from the scroll bar instead --
That would be less visible (also when fringes are present).  I'll put
it on my todo list.

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Kim F. Storm  http://www.cua.dk