From 9c00d63d1a12894e49671a8884c1c0dbdeef961e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Monnier Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 00:07:17 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] * lisp/ruler-mode.el (ruler-mode-ruler): Document problem. --- lisp/ruler-mode.el | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/lisp/ruler-mode.el b/lisp/ruler-mode.el index 7b0588dfead..fdfd5c61be9 100644 --- a/lisp/ruler-mode.el +++ b/lisp/ruler-mode.el @@ -696,6 +696,10 @@ Optional argument PROPS specifies other text properties to apply." ;; Create an "clean" ruler. (ruler (propertize + ;; FIXME: `make-string' returns a unibyte string if it's ASCII-only, + ;; which prevents further `aset' from inserting non-ASCII chars, + ;; hence the need for `string-to-multibyte'. + ;; http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-05/msg00841.html (string-to-multibyte (make-string w ruler-mode-basic-graduation-char)) 'face 'ruler-mode-default -- 2.39.5