Re: feature/fix-the-long-lines-display-bug 0699f80f85 1/2: Fix calculation of the vertical scroll bar's thumb

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 08:59:05 +0800
> 
> Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org> writes:
> 
> > branch: feature/fix-the-long-lines-display-bug
> > commit 0699f80f851b1f9e2f7b0a22ddd688abb7bebde1
> > Author: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> > Commit: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
> >
> >     Fix calculation of the vertical scroll bar's thumb
> >     
> >     * src/xdisp.c (set_vertical_scroll_bar): Compute window's end
> >     position "by hand" if w->window_end_pos cannot be relied upon.
> > ---
> >  src/xdisp.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
> > index 375158a520..ae6553d876 100644
> > --- a/src/xdisp.c
> > +++ b/src/xdisp.c
> > @@ -18924,11 +18924,27 @@ set_vertical_scroll_bar (struct window *w)
> >       && NILP (echo_area_buffer[0])))
> >      {
> >        struct buffer *buf = XBUFFER (w->contents);
> > +      ptrdiff_t window_end_pos = w->window_end_pos;
> > +
> > +      /* If w->window_end_pos cannot be trusted, recompute it "the
> > +    hard way".  */
> > +      if (!w->window_end_valid)
> > +   {
> > +     struct it it;
> > +     struct text_pos start_pos;
> > +
> > +     SET_TEXT_POS_FROM_MARKER (start_pos, w->start);
> > +     start_display (&it, w, start_pos);
> > +     move_it_to (&it, -1, it.last_visible_x, window_box_height (w), -1,
> > +                 MOVE_TO_X | MOVE_TO_Y);
> > +     window_end_pos = BUF_Z (buf) - IT_CHARPOS (it);
> > +   }
> > +
> >        whole = BUF_ZV (buf) - BUF_BEGV (buf);
> >        start = marker_position (w->start) - BUF_BEGV (buf);
> >        /* I don't think this is guaranteed to be right.  For the
> >      moment, we'll pretend it is.  */
> > -      end = BUF_Z (buf) - w->window_end_pos - BUF_BEGV (buf);
> > +      end = BUF_Z (buf) - window_end_pos - BUF_BEGV (buf);
> >  
> >        if (end < start)
> >     end = start;
> 
> When making changes of this kind, you should test without toolkit scroll
> bars, and with at least both the Motif (with
> scroll-bar-adjust-thumb-position both on and off) and Xaw scroll bars to
> make sure they still work correctly.  Testing on NS also helps, since
> the scroll bar logic there is somewhat different.
> 
> The last time I tried to significantly change the scroll bar logic (to
> operate on more realistic positions within a window), those specific
> configurations bit me hard.

I don't have any access to such systems, sorry.  If you see specific
problems with that change, please tell.  Otherwise, we will have to
rely on people reporting bugs.