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29.0.50; ruler mode collides with header-line-format

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From: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 29.0.50; ruler mode collides with header-line-format
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 07:56:48 +0300

Following does not work as expected:

(progn
  (ruler-mode)
  (setq header-line-format "Instructions"))

And it should -- I am not sure, but I guess that it worked before,
because I have a function that always uses ruler-mode and title.

The header-line should be displayed above the ruler in my opinion. Both
combinations should work regardless if header-line-format comes first or
second. 


In GNU Emacs 29.0.50 (build 5, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, cairo version 1.17.4, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2022-04-09 built on protected.rcdrun.com
Repository revision: 21ecf6b24d0549a9f27bcab51dbd8c8b1a37ef86
Repository branch: master
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12101003
System Description: Parabola GNU/Linux-libre

Configured using:
 'configure --with-x-toolkit=lucid'

Configured features:
ACL CAIRO DBUS FREETYPE GIF GLIB GMP GNUTLS GPM GSETTINGS HARFBUZZ JPEG
JSON LCMS2 LIBOTF LIBSYSTEMD LIBXML2 M17N_FLT MODULES NOTIFY INOTIFY
PDUMPER PNG RSVG SECCOMP SOUND SQLITE3 THREADS TIFF TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS
WEBP X11 XAW3D XDBE XIM XPM LUCID ZLIB

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $LANG: de_DE.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=exwm-xim
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  ruler-mode: t
  text-scale-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  global-eldoc-mode: t
  eldoc-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  electric-indent-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  indent-tabs-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t

Load-path shadows:
None found.

Features:
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cyrillic chinese composite emoji-zwj charscript charprop case-table
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base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget keymap
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Memory information:
((conses 16 51343 7972)
 (symbols 48 6540 1)
 (strings 32 19200 3151)
 (string-bytes 1 592871)
 (vectors 16 11735)
 (vector-slots 8 166865 15012)
 (floats 8 27 33)
 (intervals 56 300 5)
 (buffers 992 12))

-- 
Thanks,
Jean Louis

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Message #8 received at 55159 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
Cc: 55159 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55159: 29.0.50; ruler mode collides with header-line-format
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 08:57:28 +0300

> From: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
> Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 07:56:48 +0300
> 
> 
> Following does not work as expected:
> 
> (progn
>   (ruler-mode)
>   (setq header-line-format "Instructions"))
> 
> And it should -- I am not sure, but I guess that it worked before,
> because I have a function that always uses ruler-mode and title.

In what version of Emacs was that?

> The header-line should be displayed above the ruler in my opinion. Both
> combinations should work regardless if header-line-format comes first or
> second. 

ruler-mode.el uses the header-line to display the ruler.  It always
did.  So by overwriting header-line-format in a buffer under
ruler-mode you shoot yourself in the foot; don't do that.

I very much doubt that it ever worked for you as you describe, because
ruler-mode.el used header-line since it was first introduced in Emacs
22.1.  From NEWS.22:

  ** The ruler-mode.el library provides a minor mode for displaying an
  "active" ruler in the header line.  You can use the mouse to visually
  change the `fill-column', `window-margins' and `tab-stop-list'
  settings.

So I see no bug here, but a cockpit error.

Message #11 received at 55159 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 55159 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
Subject: Re: bug#55159: 29.0.50; ruler mode collides with header-line-format
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 12:24:24 +0200

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

> So I see no bug here, but a cockpit error.

Same here; so I'm closing this bug report.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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