Re: Box attribute in mode-line and scrolling

[Antoine Levitt]

27/03/11 17:06, Drew Adams
>> > That doesn't seem like a bug, but the fact that adding the box
>> > enlarges the size of the modeline, and likely the last line of the
>> > window isn't fully displayed.
>> 
>> Yes, that seems to be what's happening. But how is that not a 
>> bug?
>> 
>> > Does it also happen if, instead of ":box t" you use ":box
>> > '(:line-width -1 :style released-button)"?
>> 
>> Yup, that fixes it, and even if I don't use :style released-button.
>
> This gotcha should be pointed out more clearly in the doc, since the default
> behavior increases the height of the current line, which can throw off various
> things.

Right. That seems to be a different issue though. Even with a larger
mode line, why do the scrolling commands behave this way?