Re: right aligning a string, using display (space :align-to

[martianhiatus]

> As the manual says, by default the :align-to expressions are
> interpreted as being in character units, i.e. in units of columns, not
> pixels.  You need to use (NUMBER) to have NUMBER interpreted as
> pixels.  So your second snippet should be changed to
>
> (concat
>  (propertize " "
>              'display
>              `(space :align-to (- right
>                                   ,(list (string-pixel-width stats)))))
>  str)
>
> and then it will work.

hi eli, thanks. i had tried to (list) the whole expression following :align-to.

it does work, but it still doesn't work with text-scaling. if i increase 
text-scale, my right-aligned string is broken over to the next line, same as 
when not using pixel-width alignment. if i decrease text scaling, my 
right-aligned string is further from the right margin.

i thought the two might be linked, but the behavior is the same.

do you have any ideas about how to not break :align-to while text scaling?

m



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