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bug#64520: Cursor type, fill-column, and ruler numbering
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#64520: Cursor type, fill-column, and ruler numbering |
Date: |
Fri, 07 Jul 2023 22:15:24 +0300 |
> Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2023 19:04:42 +0000
> From: uzibalqa via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
> the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
>
> I have set fill-column to 72.
>
> When I write in the buffer, I get a change in the background colour
> upon reaching 72 when looking at the ruler. There is a shift of 1
> in the ruler because the ruler starts at 0.
>
> But when using a block cursor, it looks like one is at column 0, rather
> than column 1. Could the ruler have the ability to be changed so that
> it starts at 1 ? Because one can use either a line or a block for the
> cursor, there can be a different interpretation about column numbers.
The ruler shows columns, so it starts with zero. If it would start
from 1, it would be inconsistent and confusing. I see no reason to
make such not useful changes in Emacs.