From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
Cc: 52129@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52129: 29.0.50; Wish: Extend `:align-to center' to work on lines in buffer
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2021 09:48:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83fsrgyb33.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AM9PR09MB49779B141211D1DBDD61CFDB96649@AM9PR09MB4977.eurprd09.prod.outlook.com> (message from Arthur Miller on Sun, 28 Nov 2021 00:40:30 +0100)
> From: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
> Cc: 52129@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2021 00:40:30 +0100
>
> > That's because it centers the first character of the string, not its
> > middle character.
>
> That too; so you see, it is not as simple to get it right by just prepending a
> space with :align-to center property.
We've been through this: you need to dynamically compute the pixel
coordinate to align-to, as function of the string width.
> >> Is there any way to make it aware of surrounding context, like entire line? Or
> >> would that be too demanding computationally?
> >
> > I don't think I understand what you mean by "surrounding context", and
> > what would it mean for it to "be aware" of it?
>
> With context I meant simply the line, or at least part of the line to be
> displayed. To be aware of it = to take it into consideration when displaying
> line, so things like suggested would be possible.
The display engine considers the line as a whole only when the entire
screen line has been laid out, i.e. we get to a newline or the X
coordinate is at the right edge of the window. Before that, there's
no information about the "line context".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-28 7:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-26 20:01 bug#52129: 29.0.50; Wish: Extend `:align-to center' to work on lines in buffer Arthur Miller
2021-11-27 5:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-27 8:47 ` Arthur Miller
2021-11-27 9:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-27 11:06 ` Arthur Miller
2021-11-27 11:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-27 23:40 ` Arthur Miller
2021-11-28 7:48 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-11-28 10:38 ` Arthur Miller
2021-11-29 15:59 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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