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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Daniel Mendler <mail@daniel-mendler.de>
Cc: 47712@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#47712: 27.1; Provide `string-display-width` function, which takes properties into account, `substring-width`
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 16:40:51 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83czuz39jw.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b09e9bfa-9871-dde5-cd1e-72da958e79aa@daniel-mendler.de> (message from Daniel Mendler on Mon, 12 Apr 2021 15:32:33 +0200)

> Cc: 47712@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Daniel Mendler <mail@daniel-mendler.de>
> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 15:32:33 +0200
> 
> Okay, fair enough. I am all for removing/obsoleting functionality which 
> is considered an accident as long as a good alternative exists. But if 
> no acceptable alternative exists, the function has a justification and 
> then it may also be possible to improve upon it.

Let's first establish whether indeed there's no alternative.  I'd be
surprised if that's the case, since window-text-pixel-size was written
to support precisely this kind of need.





  reply	other threads:[~2021-04-12 13:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-11 21:16 bug#47712: 27.1; Provide `string-display-width` function, which takes properties into account, `substring-width` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-12  2:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-12  8:45   ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-12  8:53     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-04-12  9:08       ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-13  8:01         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-04-13 12:00           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-13 12:25             ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-14  8:50               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-14 10:49                 ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-14 11:38                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-12 12:21     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-12 12:50       ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-12 13:21         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-12 13:32           ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-12 13:40             ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-04-12 14:05               ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-12 14:15                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-12 14:32                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-12 14:38                     ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-12 17:01                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-12 17:18                         ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-13  7:06                         ` martin rudalics
2021-04-13 12:23                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-12 14:36                   ` Daniel Mendler
2021-04-12 17:09                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-12 17:13                       ` Daniel Mendler

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