From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7296: display-pixel-height not enough Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 08:09:20 -0700 Message-ID: <2EDD5E782A7C473C875477D2F2A4B743@us.oracle.com> References: <83hbg66vt4.fsf@gnu.org><83d3qt77lj.fsf@gnu.org> <4CCA9E5D.5060002@swipnet.se><838w1h6zbp.fsf@gnu.org><4CCAC90B.4070800@swipnet.se> <4CCB2713.5070104@swipnet.se><4CCBC930.5060705@swipnet.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1288635229 2139 80.91.229.12 (1 Nov 2010 18:13:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 18:13:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7296@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'Lennart Borgman'" , "'YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 01 19:13:44 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PCyt4-0004l0-8p for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 19:13:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47506 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PCyt3-0004Vw-AD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:13:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=46842 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PCysl-0004Md-Fk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:13:28 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PCysk-0000Ye-BI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:13:23 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:59847) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PCysk-0000Ya-9q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:13:22 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PCyMV-0006TQ-7I; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:40:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:40:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7296 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7296-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7296.128863315724870 (code B ref 7296); Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:40:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7296) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Nov 2010 17:39:17 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PCyLk-0006T5-QR for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:39:16 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PCyLj-0006T0-DQ for 7296@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:39:16 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com (acsinet15.oracle.com [141.146.126.227]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id oA1HhTQn018000 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 1 Nov 2010 17:43:32 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt354.oracle.com (acsmt354.oracle.com [141.146.40.154]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id oA1HhK45013325; Mon, 1 Nov 2010 17:43:23 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt009.oracle.com by acsmt355.oracle.com with ESMTP id 739031131288624163; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 08:09:23 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.194) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 08:09:22 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: Act5ZjOgywWvnFrAS8uaFELlL34GvQAZ4aUA In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5994 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:40:03 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:41346 Archived-At: > >> Could we, as a first step, do as Eli suggested, i.e. let > >> display-pixel-height/width return the working area size instead of > >> the total display size? Is there any reason not to do this now? > > In what way can the working display area size in pixels be > incompatible? And why is using the current total display area size > better (and more compatible)? It's not that one or the other is better; it's that they are different. If you change the meaning and return value of an existing function then you break existing code. If you want to add an additional function that returns some other value that you find more useful, that's one thing. Proposing to change the existing function is something else again.