bug#52324: closed (29.0.50; "Padded" mode line lacks uniform border)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: 29.0.50; "Padded" mode line lacks uniform border Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2021 10:58:02 +0200

Dear maintainers,

In an emacs -Q session with version 27 we could evaluate the following
to make the mode line look more spacious ("padded", so to speak):

    (setq x-underline-at-descent-line t)

    (set-face-attribute 'mode-line nil
                        :foreground "black"
                        :background "gray80"
                        :box '(:line-width 6 :color "gray80")
                        :overline "gray30"
                        :underline "gray30"
                        :distant-foreground 'unspecified)

Whereas with master, the same results in a box with interrupted lines.

I attach screenshots, for your convenience.

* The emacs-27-mode-line-padded.png shows how it used to work on Emacs
  27.

* The emacs-29-mode-line-padded.png exhibits the current stylistic
  inconsistency.

Furthermore, there exists an invisible button (?) to the left of the
"All" text.  The emacs-29-mode-line-padded-mouse-pointer-button.png
shows it and also captures the tooltip.  (Maybe these are related to the
same underlying change on how the mode line is produced, otherwise I can
file a separate bug report).

All the best,
Protesilaos

-- 
Protesilaos Stavrou
https://protesilaos.com

emacs-27-mode-line-padded.png
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emacs-29-mode-line-padded.png
Description: PNG image

emacs-29-mode-line-padded-mouse-pointer-button.png
Description: PNG image

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> Re: bug#52324: 29.0.50; "Padded" mode line lacks uniform border
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> Mon, 13 Dec 2021 15:00:14 +0800
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.60 (gnu/linux)
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> Protesilaos Stavrou <info@protesilaos.com> writes:
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> > Good day!
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> > I can confirm that the following works on my end:
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> >     (setq x-underline-at-descent-line t
> >           x-use-underline-position-properties nil)
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> >     (set-face-attribute 'mode-line nil
> >                         :foreground "black"
> >                         :background "gray80"
> >                         :box '(:line-width 6 :color "gray80")
> >                         :overline "gray30"
> >                         :underline "gray30"
> >                         :distant-foreground 'unspecified)
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> > M-x emacs-version:
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> >     GNU Emacs 29.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version
> >     3.24.30, cairo version 1.17.4) of 2021-12-13.
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> Fantastic, thanks for testing!  I'm closing the bug report.
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