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Re: Why is `(1 . width)` zero?
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Robert Thorpe |
Subject: |
Re: Why is `(1 . width)` zero? |
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Tue, 19 Jan 2021 06:53:57 +0000 |
Jörg Sommer <joerg@jo-so.de> writes:
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> Hi,
>
> I'm using GNU Emacs 27.1¹ with X and the font DejaVu Sans Mono. I would like
> to align a text on the right side and thought I can use this:
>
> ```lisp
> (let* ((text " abcd")
> (len (length text))
> )
> (add-text-properties 0 1 `(display (space :align-to (- text (,len .
> width)))) text)
> (insert "\n" (format "%S" text) "\n" text "\n"))
> ```
I don't understand your problem. But I this snippet looks wrong:
> (- text (,len . width))
You can't do arithmetic on a pair.
BR,
Robert Thorpe
Re: Why is `(1 . width)` zero?,
Robert Thorpe <=