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--- 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