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GNU Emacsen 28.0.90 and 29.0.50 have buggy calendar mode lines

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From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Web.DE>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: GNU Emacsen 28.0.90 and 29.0.50 have buggy calendar mode lines
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021 01:24:44 +0100

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Hello!

The screenshot from macOS 12.0.1 (Monterey) shows in foreground at the top GNU Emacs 29.0.50 (built in MacPorts) and in foreground at the bottom GNU Emacs 28.0.90 (built manually with MacPorts' Clang 13) and in-between in background GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (built manually with Clang 11 in an older version of macOS, 11.X, Big Sur) which has a correct mode-line. The other two versions display in calendar mode-line a white background where the command options '?', 'o' or '.' are shown. (GNU Emacsen 28.0.X use a "germanised" version of calendar.)

The question is whether it's the source code or it's the macOS version that produces the faults…

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  Pete

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Message #8 received at 52366 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
To: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Web.DE>
Cc: 52366 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#52366: GNU Emacsen 28.0.90 and 29.0.50 have buggy calendar
 mode lines
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2021 10:23:52 +0100

On Wed, 8 Dec 2021 01:24:44 +0100 Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Web.DE> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> The screenshot from macOS 12.0.1 (Monterey) shows in foreground at the top GNU
> Emacs 29.0.50 (built in MacPorts) and in foreground at the bottom GNU Emacs
> 28.0.90 (built manually with MacPorts' Clang 13) and in-between in background
> GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (built manually with Clang 11 in an older version of macOS,
> 11.X, Big Sur) which has a correct mode-line. The other two versions display
> in calendar mode-line a white background where the command options '?', 'o' or
> '.' are shown. (GNU Emacsen 28.0.X use a "germanised" version of calendar.)
>
> The question is whether it's the source code or it's the macOS version that
> produces the faults…

It's due to an Emacs change, the `help-key-binding' face, added in this
commit:

  commit 4a112fd7a6f0dcbd1b99b811b324123f5699bdfb
  Author:     Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
  Commit:     Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
  CommitDate: Mon Mar 8 04:23:08 2021 +0100
  
      Add new face 'help-key-binding' for keybindings in help

Steve Berman

Message #11 received at 52366 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
Cc: Peter_Dyballa <at> Web.DE, 52366 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#52366: GNU Emacsen 28.0.90 and 29.0.50 have buggy calendar
 mode lines
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2021 16:24:12 +0200

> From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
> Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2021 10:23:52 +0100
> Cc: 52366 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On Wed, 8 Dec 2021 01:24:44 +0100 Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Web.DE> wrote:
> 
> > Hello!
> >
> > The screenshot from macOS 12.0.1 (Monterey) shows in foreground at the top GNU
> > Emacs 29.0.50 (built in MacPorts) and in foreground at the bottom GNU Emacs
> > 28.0.90 (built manually with MacPorts' Clang 13) and in-between in background
> > GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (built manually with Clang 11 in an older version of macOS,
> > 11.X, Big Sur) which has a correct mode-line. The other two versions display
> > in calendar mode-line a white background where the command options '?', 'o' or
> > '.' are shown. (GNU Emacsen 28.0.X use a "germanised" version of calendar.)
> >
> > The question is whether it's the source code or it's the macOS version that
> > produces the faults…
> 
> It's due to an Emacs change, the `help-key-binding' face, added in this
> commit:
> 
>   commit 4a112fd7a6f0dcbd1b99b811b324123f5699bdfb
>   Author:     Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
>   Commit:     Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
>   CommitDate: Mon Mar 8 04:23:08 2021 +0100
>   
>       Add new face 'help-key-binding' for keybindings in help

Thanks for the analysis.  This should be fixed now on the emacs-28
branch.

Message #16 received at 52366 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Peter_Dyballa <at> web.de, Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>,
 52366 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#52366: GNU Emacsen 28.0.90 and 29.0.50 have buggy calendar
 mode lines
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 12:52:16 -0800

close 52366 28.1
thanks

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> It's due to an Emacs change, the `help-key-binding' face, added in this
>> commit:
>>
>>   commit 4a112fd7a6f0dcbd1b99b811b324123f5699bdfb
>>   Author:     Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
>>   Commit:     Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
>>   CommitDate: Mon Mar 8 04:23:08 2021 +0100
>>
>>       Add new face 'help-key-binding' for keybindings in help
>
> Thanks for the analysis.  This should be fixed now on the emacs-28
> branch.

No further comments within a week, and I can't reproduce this problem so
I'm assuming this is fixed.  I'm therefore closing this bug report.

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