bug#71835: 30.0.60; Using mode-line-format-right-align in header line results in cutoff text

[noa]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: noa <noa@noa.pub>
>> Cc: 71835@debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 10:39:40 +0100
>> 
>> > Yes, that's how this feature was implemented (and documented).
>> 
>> I checked the documentation before submitting and didn't see anything in the 
>> documentation to suggest that using this feature would work differently in 
>> the mode line and header line.  The documentation for header-line-format 
>> describes it as "analogous to mode-line-format", while the info manual at 
>> (elisp) Header Lines says it "works just like the mode line feature".  
>> Perhaps a warning in one of these places that the right-align doesn't work 
>> reliably here would be helpful.
>
>>From the ELisp manual:
>
>  -- Variable: mode-line-format-right-align
>      Anything following this symbol in ‘mode-line-format’ will be
>      right-aligned.
>
> It doesn't mention header-line-format.

Ohh i see what you're saying.  To me, that still seems confusing, because of 
the fact that elsewhere the documentation says that mode-line-format and 
header-line-format behave the same.

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