Re: How to make Emacs popular again: Use monospaced fonts less

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 08:48:55 +0200
> 
> >   (setq mode-line-thing `(:propertize "%12b" :min-width 10))
> >
> > IOW, when the format and :min-width contradict, who "wins"?
> 
> I'd say %12b should win -- :min-width should be used only to add extra
> padding if needed.

But so is %12b, no?

> > Or maybe we should re-purpose the WIDTH parameter of such formats to
> > mean "min-width"?
> 
> Hm...  *ponder*  I think that perhaps sounds like a complicating
> factor.  I mean, semantics-wise.

I don't think I see the complications.  Can you elaborate?